Chp:16 Water : A Precious Resources
Importance of Water
• Water is most essential for the existence of all forms of life.
• It is the most common an useful substance around us.
• So to create awareness 22nd March is celebrated as a World Water
Day to attract attention of everybody Towards importance of
conserving water.
• Also the year 2003 was recognised as “International Year of
Freshwater”.
• “Jal Hai, To Kal Hai” & “If you have water, you can think of the
future”
Shortage of Water
• The amount of water recommended by the United Nations for
drinking, washing, cooking and maintaining proper hygiene is a
minimum of 50 litres per person per day.
• This amount is about two and a half buckets of water per person per
day.
• In some places there is an acute shortage of water. Taps running dry,
long queues for water, fights, marches and protests takes place.
• Water shortage has become a matter of
concern throughout the world. It is
estimated that in a few years from now
more than one third of the people in the
world could face water scarcity.
• Eg: Capetown of South Africa ,Delhi,
Mumbai,Chennai and other metro cities.
• Here is a map that shows available water
in different parts of India.
Water Available for Use
• Earth appears blue from outer space because of presence of water in
form of ocean and sea.
• About 71% of the earth’s surface
is covered with water.
• Almost all the water on the earth is
contained in the seas and oceans, rivers,
lakes, ice caps, as groundwater and
in the atmosphere.
• However, most of this water is not fit for human consumption directly.
• The water that is fit for use is freshwater.
Assume that this water This represents total This gives a measure of usable It represents all the
represents freshwater on the water present as groundwater. water present in all the
all the water present on the earth. lakes and rivers of the
earth. world.
• The water left in the bucket represents the saline water present in the seas,
oceans and partly as groundwater. This water is not fit for human use.
• The water left in the bath mug represents the water, which is present in the frozen
form in glaciers, ice caps and permanent snow; again not available readily.
Worksheet
(Kindly solve it with help of PPT or from textbook lesson)
[Link] is water day celebrated ?
[Link] do we celebrate world water day?
[Link] the amount of fresh water stored in ground is more than that of
water present in rivers and lakes of world ?
