Water
The average person uses 250 litres of water a day, only two litres of them for drinking.
We cook with it, and clean ourselves, homes, and clothes with it. It is as vital to our daily lives as
the air we breathe and so common that we take it for granted, assuming it will last forever ….
But it won’t. The way we are wasting water, we may soon run out of it. When we run out, there
is no place to get more.
Picture life as it is lived in many cities of the world. Water is rationed. Bath days are
restricted. There are prohibitions against watering gardens or washing cars. People must walk
long distances to obtain water for daily use. Imagine a Thailand where it is no longer possible to
throw water during the Songkran Festival. A whole way of life would disappear.
It cannot happen in Thailand? Yes it can and will in a shorter time than you would think,
in as little as ten years, by some predictions. But you can ensure adequate water quantity long
into the future. How? Calculate the amount of water you need to do the job and then turn off
the tap, saving the rest for the future.
The future may be uncertain but one thing is clear: its course lies in your hands. Think
before you turn on the tap. Each time you use water, you set a new course for your future.