Fresh water is a limited resource. Learn simple everyday habits and traditional methods like rainwater harvesting that help save it.
Where our water goes and easy ways to save it. Video coming soon.
Even though most of the Earth is covered in water, only a small fraction is fresh water that people, animals, and plants can actually use — most is salty ocean water or locked away in ice.
Name two everyday habits that waste water.
Leaving the tap running while brushing teeth, and not fixing a dripping tap (either answer, or similar, is correct)
Rainwater harvesting means collecting and storing rainwater instead of letting it run off and go to waste, often by directing roof rainwater into underground tanks or wells.
Why is rainwater harvesting especially useful in areas that get very little rain each year?
It stores the limited rain that does fall, so it can be used throughout the dry months instead of being lost
1. Is most of the water on Earth fresh water or salt water?
2. Name one simple way to save water at home.
3. What is rainwater harvesting?
4. Why should a dripping tap be fixed quickly?
5. Name one traditional structure used in India to store rainwater.