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Water Conservation

Water is a renewable resource. Water, once an abundant natural resource, is becoming a more valuable commodity due to drought and overuse. Water management is a local and national issue.Our access to water is limited. Water scarcity affects over 40% of the world’s population. More than 2 billion people lack reliable water services. Poorly-managed water resources are deadly. Good water management benefits everyone. Hence, it is essential to sensitize students on ways of water management.

1. List out uses of water in your college.

• RO for Drinking
• Restrooms
• Gardening
• Cleaning of College Premises

2. What are the sources of water in your college?

• Borewell

3. How many wells are there in your college?

No wells. But 01 Borewell.

4. No. of motors used for pumping water from each well?

            01

5. What is the total horse power of each motor?

            3 HP

6. What is the depth of each well?

            100 feet

7. What is the present depth of water in each well?

            10 feet

8. How does your college store water?

            Overhead Water Tank

9. Quantity of water stored in your overhead water tank? (In liters)

            1000litres (shared water tank)

10. Quantity of water pumped every day? (In liters)

            1000litres (shared water tank)

11. If there is water wastage, specify why.

            Nil

12. How can the wastage be prevented / stopped?

            No wastage of water in the College.

13. Locate the point of entry of water and point of exit of waste water in your College.

14. Where does waste water come from?

Overflow of water from water tank

15. Where does the waste water go?

            To the nearby plants

16. What are the uses of waste water in your college?

            Gardening

17. What happens to the water used in your labs? Whether it gets mixed with ground water?

            The water from the Labs gets cleared in the open land.

            No. It does not get mixed with ground water.

18. Is there any treatment for the lab water?

            No.

19. Whether green chemistry methods are practiced in your labs?

            No.

20. Write down four ways that could reduce the amount of water used in your college.

• Frequent checking of Taps to avoid wastage of water.
• Pouring only required water for plants.
• Repairing the taps immediately if there is any leakage.
• Switching off the motor at the right time to prevent overflow of water

21. Record water use from the college water meter for six months.

22. Bimonthly water charges paid to water connections if any

23. No. of water coolers. Amount of water used per day? (in liters)

            No water coolers

24. No. of water taps. Amount of water used per day?

            The College works in shared premises. Degree College is permitted to use 04 taps.

            200 litres

25. No. of bath rooms in staff rooms, common, hostels. Amount of water used per day?

            No bathrooms.

26. No. of toilet, urinals. Amount of water used per day?

            02 for Staff.

            Shared Restrooms for Girl students.

            10 litres of water is used per day

27. No. of water taps in the canteen. Amount of water used per day?

            No  canteen

28. Amount of water used per day for garden use.

            10 litres

29. No. of water taps in laboratories. Amount of water used per day in each lab?

            01 -5 litres

30. Total use of water in each hostel?

            N/A

31. At the end of the period, compile a table to show how many liters of water have been

used in the college for each purpose

 

Sl No	Usage/Purpose	Quantity (Litres)
1	Drinking water	165l
2	Restrooms	10l
3	Gardening	10l
4	Cleaning	10l
5	Lab	5l
	Total	200l

 

32. Is there any water used for agricultural purposes?

            No

33. Does your college harvest rain water?

            No

34. If yes, how many rain water harvesting units are there? (Approx. amount)

            N/A

35. How many of the taps are leaky? Amount of water lost per day?

            No Leakage

36. Are there signs reminding people to turn off the water? Yes / No

            Yes

37. Is there any waterless toilets? 

            No

38. How many water fountains are there? 

            Nil

39. How many water fountains are leaky? 

            N/A

40. Is drip irrigation used to water plants outside? YES/NO

            No

41. How often is the garden watered?

            Once a day

42. Quantity of water used to watering the ground?

            Nil

43. Quantity of water used for bus cleaning? (Liters per day)

            No

44. Amount of water for other uses? (Items not mentioned above)

            Nil

45. Area of the college land without tree/building canopy.

            2 acres

46. Is there any water management plan in the college?

            No

47. Are there any water saving techniques followed in your college? What are they?

• Educate students regarding usage of water
• Frequent checking of taps to minimize leakage

48. Please share Some IDEA for how your college could save more water.

• Rainwater Harvesting
• Percolation Pits to increase ground water  levels