World Water Day raises awareness and inspires action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. 2.2 billion people live without access to safe water. We can do more to conserve water in our homes.
We can take shorter showers, install water-saving shower heads, turn off water while shaving or brushing teeth, put a plastic bottle in the water tank, stop using the toilet as a wastebasket or ashtray, check the toilet and faucets and pipes for leaks, take baths, use the dishwasher and washing machine for full loads only, keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator, water the lawn only when needed and when it is cool or deep soak it, not letting the water run while washing vegetables or hand rinsing dishes, plant drought resistant trees and plants, use a broom to clean the driveway, sidewalk and steps not a hose, do not play with the sprinklers or hose and not running the hose while washing the car.
We can lobby our local government representatives to sway favorable political goodwill and increase funding for access to safe water. These can be by boring boreholes, rationing county water supplies with fair and equal distribution to households, closing down water wasting businesses that do not comply with the law and investing in water treatment plants that recycle water.
These concerted efforts will reduce water pollution, enhance nature and biodiversity and help alleviate the climate change issue.