A Call and A Challenge To Conserve Water

Imagine, if you’re so thirsty but when you tried to get water from the faucet, you just squeezed a drop. Can you cook without water? Can you keep a good personal hygiene without water? In short, can you live without water? If you answered NO, then you must act now.

Recent studies showed that the Philippines is facing a water crisis over the next 10 years unless new sources are developed to meet growing demand.

“There is a [Japan International Cooperation Agency] study that says that in 2025 if we will not conserve water, there may be some problems. But of course we can always start conserving now and look for other sources,” said Edgar C. Lopez, Philippine Waterworks Association president.

“Groundwater in the Philippines may be depleted by the year 2050,” a University of the Philippines professor said in a report based on a study that started in 2006.

“The Philippines is one of the countries in Asia Pacific that is facing an imminent water crisis unless steps are immediately undertaken to improve water management,” according to a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The country is facing this unfortunate reality and we are not supposed to ignore it.

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In line with this, a group of communication professionals and graduate students from the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) is pushing a social marketing campaign to encourage the Filipino families in water conservation. They aim to create massive awareness on how important the discipline in water consumption is and what would be the worst scenarios if the Filipinos failed to act now.

The group is also hosting a Conserve Water Challenge 2013, encouraging the participants to share their creativity in presenting water conservation tips and how they implement it in their daily lives to lowered their monthly water bill. A participant can make use of video, photo collage or blogs. The best entry and the one who will proved to have lowered their water bill by applying the water conservation tips they have presented will win P5,000 cash! There are also 10 consolation prizes of P500 worth of water bill. The submission of entries is until September 15, 2013.

For more information about the Conserve Water Challenge 2013, follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConserveWaterNow and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/conserveh2onow

Water is Life. Conserve Water NOW before it’s too late.

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10 Responses

  1. I think this topic about conservation of resources has been tackled many times already but still people are not doing the best they can to follow (at least what I see now). Maybe they have to really be exposed to the truth to believe and act on it.

  2. this is a good advocacy and everyone should/must be involved- we only have one earth we should conserve every resources and not go/consume beyond limit- All for Us and for the future …

  3. Since I was a kid my mother used to remind on how to conserve water consumption for she said someday water would be scarce due to wastage and excess of usage by the consumers. That’s six decades ago. Now call has been sounded for this conservation. People never learn from their mistakes if this will be the case. It should be a way of life since water is a necessity. Isn’t it?

  4. It is always best to conserve water. Although I cannot join in the challenge at home we often practice discipline in conserving water and electricity.

  5. This is so sad but true. Been hearing about the impending shortage of water supply for years. It’s bound to happen and we need to do something about it.

  6. we take care of the water sheds and our forest plus minimize polution… we won’t have any problem with water. it’s a long shot but still possible. Yahweh bless.

  7. conserving water should be on top of our priorities as we cannot live without it. it will also be a good idea to teach our little one’s to do their share as early as we can.

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