what are the results of wasting too much water?

Question

what could that water that is wasted be used for? it could save lots of people in poor countries and help them have a life. what other inportant things could water saving benefit? i'm asking on a general note. any ideas?

i want to knw on a general note, not a literal! I am making an animation targeting at students in universities and telling them that you should save water and turn taps off whilst brushing teeth but making them realise what it means to others and they taking advantage of water they have. It could (ON A GENERAL NOTE!) save people from dying even by a drop if they had it. something like that. any other ideas?

Answer 1

It takes a lot of money and energy to get water to your tap...you're saving on that.
There is a limited amount of fresh water available for humans to use! 1% of the total of all water on this planet.
So much water is drawn from rivers that some of them don't make it to the sea...terrible impact on the environment further down the river!
It's something we all have to share!
when you waste water....it goes down the waste pipe...it's not recycled...it is truly wasted!
The list goes on...it's not very difficult to understand how this impacts on and on. If you're talking to university students, then you should be specific. If they can't take specific....what are they doing at uni?
Anyway...an interesting site: http://www.savewater.com.au/index.php?sectionid=6

Answer 2

There is no way that people in the UK saving water will affect people in other countries. Use of more water than is needed will result in things like depletion of aquifers, salt water intrusion into aquifers. At the other end, the wast end, there will be more water to treat, probably more pollution of water courses etc.
Probably the best way to prevent excess use of water in poor counties is to scrap tourism, as tourist hotels use vast amounts of water, when compared to what the locals use. This causes contamination of the local aquifers by mineral such as cyanide. Increases saline intrusion. Reduces clean water available. This means that replenishment of the local aquifers takes longer and as the rainfall in poor countries is usually meagre, this can be a long time. Cash crops can also be responsible for major water use. Removing western influence in certain areas might help but the rulers of these countries need to sort themselves out and start looking after the interests of their people.

Answer 3

When I was a child my mum used to say 'eat your greens - people in Africa are starving' - after a while I came up with a unanswerable response 'well, send my greens to Africa then'...

Water is recycled - if you live in London, most of what comes out of the taps has been through at least 7 other people ... (think about it next time you flush :-) :-) )

Finally, the only proven workable economic system is the one we live in - this means it is driven by Money. If 'we' use lots of water, 'we' have to pay more for it. This leaves less money to spend on other things - so 'saving' water means we can divert Money to other things (of our choice).

Answer 4

If you use it well or not well it will still go down the drains and be redistrubuted, or if you miss the drains it will evaporate and end up in a river or sea again no matter what. The people in poor countries don't have water because they have no water pipes system or steady water supply.

Answer 5

Water exists. Fact of the matter is that it isn't always where we want it. If we waste it, we won't have too much left, and cannot guarantee when we'll get some more.

Recycle where possible - shower/bath with a friend.

Answer 6

Drought, hose-pipe bans, sprinkler bans - & the local water company throwing up its arms & saying "I'm not to blame for the leaky pipes". You could recycle it, or fill the reservoirs for future use.