Dear people of South Africa
It has come to my attention that water is a precious resource and even though there are a few water savers out there, there are not enough. We all need to try and participate in saving our recourses; after all it is our country.
Water is essential for all life on earth. Water makes up 75% of the human body. 97% of the earth’s water is in the ocean and not drinkable, 2% is frozen, 1% is fresh and most of this is difficult to get to.
Apart from drinking water to survive, people have many different uses for water. Such as:
· Cooking
· Cleaning
· Washing (their bodies, cutlery, crockery and clothes)
· For fun (swimming pools, water slides, etc)
· Watering their gardens and plants.
It is important that the water is clean and free of germs and chemicals. 780 million people lack clean water. Disease caused by germs and chemicals can find its way into water causing many people to be sick and die. A lot of water is not clean and has chemicals in it. This is costing the country a lot of money to test the water and to purify [get rid of impurities (germs and chemicals)] it.
If we don’t pay attention to how much water we are using we will run out of water. Right now we may not run out of water but in years to come there will be a huge shortage. There are many ways to save water; just look up on your computer and there will be a whole list of things you can do to help.
When I was taking a marine biology course I saw all the pollution that is going into the water. If you don’t want water to run out, stop polluting it.
Water is not only important to us it is important to the plants. If the plants don’t get water they will die and stop producing oxygen so we can’t breathe.
We use water to put out fires, for toilets and for businesses. Lots of people have a job in the water industry. Access to water is essential to ensuring the health and well-being of humans and the protection of nature. Water is also essential for the healthy growth of farm crops and farm stock and is used in the manufacture of many products.
I think if we built huge solar power panels to warm up sea water to purify it so when the steam comes up you catch it through pipes and when the steam touches the cool pipe it will instantly turn into clean purified water.
The problem is that when we take out the sea water we are using up the sea creatures habitat and it will cost a lot of money to build the solar panels. Water is a precious resource to lots of animals as it is their habitat. Many animals live in the water such as fish. Elephants use water to cool down and penguins rely on water as a home and food source. The ice caps are also a home to many animals such as polar bears.
You may feel too lazy to save water but imagine life without it.
Water is a precious resource, look after it for years to come.
A friend
