Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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The draft national water policy, 2012 in India had also been planned to hand over the existing water resources to the private sector. What would it lead to? Any guess? Just like bottled water there are many other ways of water being wasted. Water parks are one of the biggest reason for huge water waste. Swimming pools, resorts, water parks consume water on a large scale.
that. We could help reduce these damaging effects if we all simply drank water straight from the tap" Bottled Water & Manufacturing Cost : "In the United States, bottled water costs between $0.25 & $2 per bottle while tap water costs less than a penny. According to bottled waterblue.com, about 90% of manufacturer's cost is for making the bottle, label & cap." Bottled Water & Long Term Environmental Issues: "Key environmental issues with bottled water are waste & uncertainty over the long - term health effects created by plastic” says environmentalist David Suzuki.
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“Water scarcity can be the reason for
the new world war"
The strange thing is, man as if at the end of the wits, it seems, proposes new plans for water parks in desert areas. The proposed Wave-yards water park in Mesa, Arizona, another wasteful desert endeavor will require up to 110 million gallons of groundwater every year, that too in an area receiving a mere 8 inches of rainfall. As per reports, Tiger Woods golf course in Dubai uses 4 million gallons (1.8 crore litres) of water per day just to maintain the lush appearance. Entertainment has to be restricted when people
water wars
....says the social scientist. "Water resources are the new segment for money” say the big billionaires of the western world (does it mean, they plan to corner the resources and then run an industry or may be even a water exchange, creating another branch in the speculative market?)
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