Fresh Water Is Running Out
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There are corners of the world where people walk for miles to access fresh water. Here in England, and in most of the West, we flush our toilets with fresh drinking water.
Tomorrow is going to be one of the hottest days ever in the UK. There's going to be a lot of water used - most of it unnecessarily fresh drinking water.
Why can't we flush with the abundant sea water we have? This is mainly an engineering challenge and I think we are up to the task.
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One way or the other I definitely think that people are unknowingly engaging in water wastage, and it kinda hit me when you said do you know we flush with fresh drinkable water I mean sometimes we do things without even taking time to bask in realisation of the effect of our actions.
In Nigeria here we mostly buy water but because we can afford it, we engage in waste, but I definitely picked something from this amazing video and that's the fact that fresh water is limited and can be a major world problem if not tackled.
There's a abundance of water in Nigeria. Two gigantic rivers cut across the country, and hundreds of smaller ones line the rest of the land. Even in the north, there's Lake Chad which is fresh water. The problem, as usual, is poor infrastructure which means people are now forced to dig wells and deplete the underground table water, which is now running out in big cities like Lagos.
Exactly we nowadays drink from well because these other resources are often mismanaged, oh Nigeria. Poor leadership is killing the nation
@adetorrent, The unfortunate aspect is, life saving aspects becoming A Task and space aspects becoming Passion.
Interestingly, to the surprise of all Venezuela is the second country with the largest fresh water reserve in the world, and paradoxically in many areas of the country (not to mention the whole country) there is reasoning.
In my house we have more than 3 Days without water by the tap, we must all pack water for home use.
We must meditate on conserving water in the world.
Wow that is something. Venezuela is blessed with so many natural resources. I hope things start getting better over there soon.
Wow amazing video sharing
Great video!
Didn't know about fresh drinking water used to flush toilets. This comes down to the lack of appreciation of the scarcity of water. In the west, we take water for granted and aren't properly educated about its scarcity globally.
Like the idea of a system that uses drainage water from another household appliance as the flushing water, efficient and water sensitive. That's got me thinking about a design..
I've been thinking about such a design for a while and how it'd work. It would defeat the purpose to have the water pumped with electricity - another waste. It may mean moving the kitchen and appliances upstairs (in a storey building) and only having the toilets downstairs. At least then you can use gravity to move the water around. It's a tough one, but I'm sure there are minds out there that can tackle it.
Yeah, gravity-fed would be the best approach....maybe using the water from the bath/shower or sink in the bathroom might get around moving the toilet downstairs. You could have a type of raised bath design in relation to the toilet which would help support this. I'm sure someone will come up with a successful idea one day!
You are right. It's both an engineering task but also an education task.
Most people in the west have never experienced water scarcity and have no clue how lucky they are.
The grey water idea is a good start. Reusing bath and washing machine water is a simple fix.
I have a water butt in the garden that collects rain water which is another simple thing to do.
Great post Ade.
The water butt is a great idea. I think it will soon be a thing, just like we see solar panels on residential roofs now.
One day I watched footage from Africa about water and exactly how famous celebrities lived in conditions with limited water and its state. I was shocked! Looking at my home and my waste..Problem water, clean water is big! We have a money do something but countries dont worried this problem(Poland). I've been waiting a couple of years for a sewage treatment plant. We paid fines because we did not use EU money. That is a shame. Thank you for this video and thank you for support me
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As you can probably imagine, the African continent is full of water (apart from the large dessert in the North). The problem in most African countries is corruption and bad leadership. This means the infrastructure is poor in most places. With good leaders, most water problems in African countries can be fixed in a few months.
It's a shame about your sewage plant man.
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