Excerpt from CG+, reported by Vibha Singh on March 20, 2010: Read Full Article
Twenty thousand one hundred sixty litres of water everyday. How much water is that? For an area battling water scarcity, where every drop counts, it has to be a lot in quantifiable terms. Thirty seven school students from class 5 in the Marathi-medium municipal school in Deonar colony have made their school change its water consumption habits.
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| The persistence of these class 5 students (above) got their teacher Dr Seema Chudekar (right) to start them off on a water saving project. They began with measuring the water lost through leaking taps in their school |
Just how big is the feat? Considering that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on an average, supplies 90 litres of water per person per day; the quantity of water saved by the group is enough to meet the water needs of 200 people. In times of severe water crisis, it’s an example worth emulating.
Suprabha Marathe, executive engineer, rainwater harvesting and water conservation cell of the BMC said, “Considering that the BMC supplies 90 litres of water per person per day, the savings brought about by the students will prove sufficient to take care of water needs of 200 people.”
