One evening last week one anty came upstairs. When she saw a girl keep a tap running at its maxima while wiping soap on her hands, Anty reprimanded her: “Don’t keep tap running like this. You are wasting water.” “No, I am not. I also used water this way when I was at home!” “Don’t you know all the water you use here is bought by money and every drop of water is precious……” When Anty was criticizing that girl, I felt a little ashamed as well, for sometimes I also keep the tap running until I finish washing my hands. Though I already know our world is in need of water, Anty’s words remind me about saving water again.
Maybe we have never thought seriously that one day water on earth will run out, never feared that there will be no drinkable water, never imagined that water will be so expensive that we may even unable to afford it, because every time we turn on the lap, clean water run out immediately.
However we are really facing a tough situation of water supplement. Statistics show that 12 billion people in the world are under deep pressure of lacking water, 80 countries are short of water, 20 billion people are not guaranteed with drinkable water. The situation is deteriorating. It is forecasted that by the year 2025, the number of people in need of water will reach 30 billion. One forecaster even said that in the next 5 years, water will be conveyed all over the world as patrol! You see how precious water is, how essential it is for us to cherish water resources and how important it is to protect water from being polluted.
Just pay attention to many details in life then we will know there are many things we can do to save water. Don not keep taps running while we are using abluent and detergent when we wash clothes and plates. Don not contain water bottles so full that we can not drink them up…… Though what an individual do is minute, add everyone’s effort together and it will make a big difference.
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ReplyDeleteYour blog caught my attention at first glance. I think you really put forward a problem that we have to pay attention to. You know in China we have already set up a strict restriction on plastic bags. And I thought that in Singapore there should be more severe limitations related to environment –protecting. But what comes into our sight is that plastic bags were abused in every nook and cranny of the society. In Eton Hall, even the fresh fruits and just-toasted bread were wrapped with plastic bags. Furthermore, I think the students living in Eton Hall waste a lot of grain and meat. Some students who don’t like the food just dump them into the dustbin without any hesitation. But uncles and anties still keep providing or reserving too much food for them. As to wasting of water, I think everyone has come across a lot but just ignored. Last night I saw the SM2 students collected a lot of discarded bottles, out-of-date newspapers and other trash. They were doing a meaningful job and I can’t help joining them. After the work they said “Thanks” to me but I felt it was me who should say so. We are older than them but we just stand by or even deteriorate the situation. So now I advocate every SM3 student get moving and TURN TRASH INTO CASH! Thanks for your alarming blog!
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