University:
Loyola University Maryland
Course:
BL 111 | Environmental Biology
Academic year:

2023
Views:

192

Pages:

2
Author:

Natasya J.

Sustamable Water Management "Save Water" campaigns are essential to make people everywhere aware ot the dangers of water scarcity A number of measures need to be taken for the better management of the worlds water resources. These include suchas : • Building several small reservours instead of few mega projects • Develop small catchment darms and protect wet lands. • Soll management, micro catchment develop ment and afforestation permits recharging of under - ground aquifers thus reducing the need for large dams • Treating and recycling municipal waste water for agri cultural use • Prevenuing leakages from dams and canals • Preventing loss in Municipal pipos • Eftective rain water harvesting in urban environments • Water conservation measures in agriculture such as using drip lorigation • Pricing water at its real value makes people use it more responsibly and efficiently and reduces water wasting • In deforested areas where land has been plugs, can help retain moisture and make i possible to re-vegerate degraded areds. Managing a river cystemis best done by leaving It's course as undisturbed as possible. Dams and canals lead to mayor bloods in the monsoon and the drainage of wetlands semously affects areas that get flooded when there is high rain fall.