6.Clean Water and Sanitation.

Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.

We need to preserve our most valuable resource which is water, for the following obvious reasons.

Human bodies run on clean water and start facing life-threatening conditions if they are left without water for more than 3 days. in addition lack of clean drinkable water can cause kidney failure and further health complications.

Water is also used for another important aspect in our daily life which is cleaning. We use water to clean our clothes, our cooking utensils, and our bodies.

Facts and figures

Every day, almost 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases.
Water shortage affects over 40 percent of the global population and is expected to increase.
2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
More than 80 percent of water wasted due to human activities is discharged directly into rivers or the sea.

What is the plan?

SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER

By:2030

END OPEN DEFECATION AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO SANITATION AND HYGIENE

Pay special attention to the needs of women and girls and communities in vulnerable situations.

IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE REUSE

By reducing pollutions and minimize water dumping, as well as reducing dangerous chemicals and gases. increasing recycling and environmental awareness globally.

INCREASE WATER-USE EFFICIENCY AND ENSURE - Fresh water supply.

Ensure supply of freshwater to address water scarcity to reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity.

IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Integrated water resources should be managed on all levels; through cooperation.

PROTECT AND RESTORE WATER-RELATED ECOSYSTEMS

Including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes.

EXPAND WATER AND SANITATION SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.

What you can do!

Changing small habits could end up saving up a great amount of valuable resources.

Here are a few examples:

Use a Water-sense faucet to conserve water. These products can save you 20 percent more water

Simply scrape dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Skip the pre-rinse to save water.
If you brush your teeth at the sink, just turn off the water while you’re doing it. You’ll be saving 4 gallons a minute

Try a dual-flush toilet. Dual-flush toilets systems have a half-flush option for liquid waste and a full-flush for solid waste.
Water your plants wisely
Air-dry your laundry. Saving electric energy saves water too.
Wash dark clothes in cold water to save water and energy. It also helps the clothes retain their color
You can wash your car on the lawn and water your grass at the same time.
One drip every second adds up to five gallons per day! Check your faucets and showerheads for leaks.

You can find more tips on the following sites.

https://sensibledigs.com/ways-to-save-water/

https://www.projectwater.info/100-ways-to-conserve-water.html

lack of sanitation during Covid times.

lack of preparation and realisation of the deteriorating state of clean water and sanitation caused the whole world to suffer not just those who are less fortunate, because unfortunately we have come to forget that we are connected and living on the same earth breathing the same air and drinking the same water.

The most efficient protection against Covid-19 is very simple and should be basic and accessible to every person. It is simply through frequent and correct handwashing, since this disease spreads through contact. unfortunately a quarter of the world's population today can read the previous statement and stand hopeless due to the fact that there is shortage in reliable clean water supply. The current pandemic situation has raised the awareness of the importance of hygiene, but it was too late for people without proper access to sanitation to adapt thus prolonging the Covid spread period, and spreading it further.

"We Never Know the Worth of Water till the Well Is Dry"

Water contamination.

4 Easy ways to fight water contamination.

1.Pick up litter and throw it away in a garbage can.

2. Do not pour fat from cooking or any other type of fat, oil, or grease down the sink

3.Keep solid wastes solid. Make a compost pile from vegetable scraps.

4.Use only phosphate free soaps and detergents.

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