Water is one of 4 necessities of life to all living things, according to 3rd Grade Science book, the others are air, food, & don’t forget light. Unfortunately, people are wasting this commodity like there is no tomorrow and I’m talking about the general public & those working for the government as well. EVERYBODY.

Just take a spin around your block in the morning any day of the week & count how many people are washing their cars with fresh running water.

In your own house, watch how the dishes are being washed. Is the water running continuously or is the faucet off in between the dishes? The same thing goes for showers, how long do these last? Is the water off while washing the hair or body?

Coming back to the Government, everyday on the way to work you can see the water sprinklers are on, full blast, on both sides of the road and the excess water is seeping down & covering the road. I don’t know for how long the sprinklers are supposed to be on at a time but this has to be changed according to the weather, they can be on longer during hot summer days and shorter during winter. The funny thing is they’re also on on rainy days.

         
Sprinklers on Gulf Road in the morning

These water-wasting practices are not only here in Kuwait. It’s universal in varying degrees. I’ve taken this picture during my last trip to Dubai, of a guard of a nursery/school who was watering the front lawn.  


 

Recent studies showed that based on our consumption, we’ll have water shortage in 5 years & forget about desalination because seawater is already contaminated and it can hardly be used for drinking. Underground water is either drying out or also contaminated with toxic waste.

Saving water comes step by step and it’s a good habit to learn & practice daily and the children will learn by watching their parents practicing it. We have to remember that ‘if we waste it we’ll lose it & if we save it we’ll use it’.

The same applies for electricity as well.