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.
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