How to Save Water in Educational Campus?
Our children are the future for tomorrow. Therefore, it is highly imperative to make them realize the water importance from today to save the future.
All educational institutions consume a great amount of water, but this is not just because of their large size but due to the fact that water is needed for all the facilities on campus, including classrooms, laboratories, libraries, administrative buildings, recreational areas, staff quarters and hostels.
It’s important to manage the water consumption of campus, because there is no doubt that water supply will be a major concern in most regions in the coming years as resources become scarcer and groundwater table deepens.
If more effective measures are not taken to protect and conserve freshwater resources across educational institutions, people will be deprived of this basic necessity of life.
Students & staff members can contribute towards lowering freshwater consumption as per their own capacities.
Simple & smarter actions lead to bigger water savings.
Some of the most effective strategies that students can implement within their campus to promote water conservation are.
- Educate staff members, faculty and students about awareness of water conservation.
- Apply best water management practices like placing a small card in water use areas like washrooms, water closets, Laboratories.
- Conduct contests among staff and students, like making posters & slogans, or inventing new conservation ideas.
- Students to carry refillable water bottles as disposable plastic bottles require a lot of water to manufacture.
- Installing dual flush tanks in toilets and waterless urinals to utilizes treated wastewater.
- Installation of automatic sensors on faucets, toilets, and urinals to ensure they operate properly and avoid unnecessary water use.
- Design water-smart landscapes that provide beautiful surroundings while reducing the water needed for irrigation.
- Organize periodic educational programs that teaches not only about direct water consumption but also about virtual water consumption.
- Using pumps with a variable frequency drive. Pumps with VFD adjust running motor speed based on the water demand of the irrigation zones or sports field. Not only can this save water, but also save on electricity.
- Maintaining swimming pool with quality chemicals & effective filtration process to avoid frequent blow downs.
- Covering pool area to minimize evaporation.
- Install rain water harvesting system.
- Install Water Efficient Devices.
- use treated wastewater for the gardening & horticulture. In this regard, MBR technology by Imemflo can prove to be highly effective for saving water and reusing them for cleaning and washing purposes.
Many students understand that conserving water is equivalent to conserving their future.
So, let’s take a pledge to conserve most precious element on earth – WATER
