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This told me not just how we waste water, but what happens when you waste water, and also why we shouldn't. It told me that when you waste water a lot of people struggle in the world, and that water is very precious, and we need it.

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From thirsty crops to wasteful irrigation practices, here are several ways that people waste water.

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This image taught me 49 ways to not waste water, and that gave me a lot of information of what I need to do to save water.

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Check for toilet tank leaks by adding food colouring to the tank. If the toilet is leaking, colour will appear within 30 minutes. Check the toilet for worn out, corroded or bent parts. Most replacement parts are inexpensive, readily available and easily installed. (Flush as soon as test is done, since food colouring may stain tank.)

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This image taught me that there is an system to wasting water and shows and explains to me in an a very interesting way.

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This video taught me 10 ways to save water and I actually think Im gonna try doing those things because I never realised you could do so much things to save water.

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Top 9 Most Common Ways How People Waste Water

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Top 9 Most Common Ways How People Waste Water

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This video teaches me 9 most common ways people waste water and I realised that I actually do some of those stuff so I now know not to do those stuff.

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Top 9 Most Common Ways How People Waste Water

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Like | Share | Comment TOP | 9 | LIST Most Common Ways How People Waste Water Bathing Washing the vehicle Flushing the toilet Laundering Washing the dishes Leaking faucets and taps Leaving the water running Watering the lawns Irrigating Subscribe This Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNUGa52iPJgs-YxX093YfUw

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This video teaches me how people waste water on a daily bases and it teaches me even one drop is a waste of water.

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Entry for West Vancouver student video contest.

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600 million children 'face death, disease and malnutrition by 2040 as water supplies evaporate'

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600 million children 'face death, disease and malnutrition by 2040 as water supplies evaporate'

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This video taught me that 600 million children in the world can die because they don't have much clean water, thats why I know not to waste more water because if I do then there will be less for the people who need it more than I do.

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About one on four child on the planet will die, have their growth stunted or otherwise suffer from a lack of water by 2040, Unicef has warned in a new report.

Thirsting for a Future, released on World Water Day, paints a bleak picture of the next few decades in which the rising global population, a surge in demand for water, rising sea levels and increasingly common droughts combine to create a crisis of epic proportions.

Already 36 countries in the world face "extremely high levels of water stress", the report by the UN children's agency said.

Every day more than 800 children under five die from diarrhoea linked to a lack of clean water and poor sanitation.

The same conditions have resulted in an astonishing 156 million children under five suffering from stunted growth, which causes irreversible physical and mental damage.

In a foreword to the report, Professor Anthony Lake, executive director of Unicef, wrote: "Water is elemental. Without it, nothing can grow. And without safe water, children may not survive.

"Children without access to safe water are more likely to die in infancy - and throughout childhood - from diseases caused by water-borne bacteria, to which their small bodies are more vulnerable.

"When these diseases don't kill outright, they can contribute to the stunting of children's bodies and minds - and the blighting of their futures - by undermining their ability to absorb nutrients.

"When a community's water supply dries up or becomes contaminated - because of drought, because of flooding, because of conflicts that undermine infrastructure and prevent people from reaching safe water sources - such diseases abound."

Parts of Africa and the Middle East are currently in the grip of a serve drought.

"We see the terrible effects of water scarcity today all over the world - and nowhere more tragically than in parts of Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, where drought conditions and conflict are producing deadly effects," Professor Lake said.

"Nearly 1.4 million children face imminent risk of death from severe acute malnutrition as famine grows in these areas.

"In Ethiopia alone, we anticipate that more than nine million people will be without safe drinking water in 2017."

The increasing population and rising demand means the amount of water available to each person on the planet cut by 50 per cent by 2050, the report warned.

But as global warming will result in higher rates of evaporation and less rainfall in many areas - such as the Middle East - "water will become even scarcer", it added.

"Rising temperatures increase the atmosphere's water storage capacity, which essentially reduces water availability on the ground, particularly during the warmer months of the year," it said.

"Then, when the air eventually cools, more intense rainfall occurs, this can lead to increased frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones and other extreme weather events. Rising temperatures also impact water by creating an environment for bacteria, protozoa and algae to grow, which can lead to illness and death in children."

Higher sea levels can contaminate freshwater with salt, rendering it undrinkable. Low-lying areas and small islands, the places most affected by this problem, are home to about 25 per cent of the world's population.

"The changing climate is one of many forces contributing to an unfolding water crisis. In the coming years, demand for water will increase as populations grow and move, industries develop and consumption increases," the report said.

"This can lead to water stress, as increasing demand and use of water strains available supplies. By 2040, almost 600 million children [one in four of the total] are projected to be living in areas of extremely high water stress. If action is not taken to plan for water stress, and to safeguard access to safe water and sanitation, many of these children will face a higher risk of death, disease, and malnutrition."

But Unicef stressed that a "growing water crisis" was "not inevitable, if we act now".

It said countries should prioritise access to safe water for the most vulnerable children; increase the capacity of water storage facilities; factor in climate risks to water and sanitation policies; and get businesses to work with communities to prevent contamination and depletion of clean water supplies.

"In a changing climate, we must change the way we work to reach those who are most vulnerable," Professor Lake said.

"One of the most effective ways we can do that is safeguarding their access to safe water."

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Unicef warns 600 million children will face death, disease and malnutrition by 2040 as freshwater supplies evaporate

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About one on four child on the planet will die, have their growth stunted or otherwise suffer from a lack of water by 2040, Unicef has warned in a new report.

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Wasting water is a luxury we can no longer afford

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Wasting water is a luxury we can no longer afford

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This video taught me that if you waste a lot of water it does not just affect people of less drinking water it also can affect the environment.

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ow much water should you drink every day? Roughly two litres sound about right? Perhaps you keep a bottle next to your desk at work and swig from it all day in a bid to stave off all those problems you've been convinced will arise the moment your body's hydration levels dip below "perfect"?

And perhaps you should worry. A poll of GPs this week, carried out by the Natural Hydration Council, found that one in five of their patients were coming into surgeries and clogging up their valuable time with ailments such as feeling tired, headaches or poor concentration, mostly caused by them not drinking enough water. Of course, it's a not-so-small detail that the Natural Hydration Council is the trade body for the bottled water industry, and it's in their interest to make you worry about how little water you're drinking. But surely it's hard to argue against the basic advice that drinking lots of water is good for you?

Unfortunately, there isn't much robust scientific evidence to support this simple-sounding advice. The "two litres of water per day" mantra is, at best, an educated guess. For a start, you get water from almost anything you consume - coffee, fruit juices, beer, meals - and you don't need to gulp down two more litres to make up your daily dose. But more importantly, your body is very finely tuned to keep water levels stable. If you drink too much, your kidneys will get rid of the excess. If you don't get enough, your body will hold on to what it has, you'll feel thirsty and you'll urinate less.

You will never see or touch most of the water you are responsible for using

Unless you have health problems that mean you get dehydrated, you're in a particularly dry place or you're an athlete halfway through a marathon, you don't really need to think too much about water. The idea that purposefully drinking litres of it every day will be of great benefit is, while well-meaning, a bit pointless. You might as well breathe more every day because oxygen is just "so good" for you, and more is always better.

We all have an intimate biological relationship with water - two thirds of your body is made of it, and water is an active participant in the functions and organisations of your cells, keeping proteins and DNA working properly, and moving energy and nutrients around. But, as crucial as it is to maintain that balance, this is not the human-water relationship that should be foremost in your mind.

Every aspect of our lives has a water footprint: we need water to grow food, make clothes, build offices and homes, construct cars, and do and make almost everything else we come into contact with. You will never see or touch most of the water you are responsible for using: a kilogramme of beef has a water footprint of 16,000 litres; a cup of tea needs 35 litres. A sheet of paper has a footprint of 10 litres of water; and just one of the microchips in your laptop took 30 litres of water to make.

A kilogramme of cotton comes with a water footprint of 10,000 litres, on average, though this figure varies according to where it comes from - cotton from India can "cost" up to 22,500 litres per kilo. Meanwhile, at home, you will use almost 190 litres for a five-minute shower, 10 litres to brush your teeth, and between 10 and 30 litres for each toilet flush.

Though there are 1.5bn cubic kilometres of water on the surface of the planet, less than 1% of it is useful to us - the rest is salty or locked up in the polar ice sheets. And we have to share that tiny amount with every other plant and animal on Earth. Ever since the beginnings of agriculture, 12,000 years ago, humans have found new and ever-more-wasteful ways to use water to build their growing civilisations. Cities and empires have been built on diverting rivers and moving water over vast distances to feed crops and people in ever-growing numbers. Perhaps it was fine to waste water in 6,000BC when there were only a million people spread across our vast planet. Today, there are 7 billion of us hankering after the same level of resource.

Most of today's profligate water use occurs in the richer nations - the average American uses around 575 litres of water per day, while Europeans somehow manage on 250 litres per day. Compare that to more than a billion people in developing countries who have to make do with less than 19 litres each, and double that population who don't have access to basic sanitation.

As rising temperatures around the world, caused by climate change, wreak havoc on agricultural lands, those in the poorest countries will not be able to cope with the impact of disappearing water sources. During the current heatwave in India about 1,800 people are thought to have died, with casualties from dehydration and heatstroke concentrated among the young, the old and the very poor. Water shortages intensified the effects of the heatwave, which in turn made those shortages more acute.

In 1995, the UN predicted that half a billion people would be living in water-scarce or water-stressed areas by 2050. By 2005, the organisation revised that prediction to 4 billion people. We've used water to build our world and wasted it without thinking for the entire history of human civilisation, and mostly we've got away with it. We're now racing to the end of that era. Human bodies regulate their water use so well that we don't need to spend too much time thinking about this precious resource. Human societies, unfortunately, can no longer afford that same luxury.

Alok Jha is the author of The Water Book: the Extraordinary Story of Our Most Ordinary Substance

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Wasting water is a luxury we can no longer afford | Alok Jha

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ow much water should you drink every day? Roughly two litres sound about right? Perhaps you keep a bottle next to your desk at work and swig from it all day in a bid to stave off all those problems you've been convinced will arise the moment your body's hydration levels dip below "perfect"?

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This video taught me the ways people waste water and I learned that even to flush a toilet you can waste water.

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Entry for West Vancouver student video contest. West Vancouver water is metered the less you use the less you pay.

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This video helped me learn there are a lot of water but only a tiny bit of it is safe for us to drink thats why if we don't waste water that tiny bit of water will be used for everyone.