We can save water in the home. But laudable though it is to take a shower rather than a bath, put a brick in the lavatory cistern and turn off the tap while brushing the teeth , we should'nt get hold of the idea that the regular domestic water use is what really emptying the world's rivers.When we add in the water needed to grow what we eat and drink that the figures are really mind boggling : it takes 2000 to 5000 litres to grow one kilo of rice . That is more that what many of our house holds use for a week. Cheese ? A kilo of cheddar or brie take about 5000litres.
It takes 1000 litres to grow a kilo of wheat and 500 litres for a kilo of potatoes , 1000 litres for one kilo of paper. When you feed grain to livestock for animal products such as meat and milk , the figures become yet more startling. It is timely , surely to preach the gospel of water conversation --- but don't try to buy one of those T- shirts with jokey slogans such as 'Save Water - bath with a friend' . Good message , buy you could fill 250 grams of cotton used to make the shirt.Globalised markets mean that whenever you buy a T shirt made of Pakistan cotton, eat Thai rice or drink coffee from Central Amercia, you ar influencing the hydrology of those regions,- taking a share of the river Indus , the Mekong or the Costarican rains. You may be helping rivers run dry.
(courtesy : ET , 20/07/2006)
Bottom line : dont ever waste even a single sheet of paper or a single bit of any kind of edible viand
Regards,
Varun Jilla
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