जल संरक्षण के लिए रूफ हार्वेस्टिंग की बात हमेशा होती रहती है लेकिन आजकल चलन बढ़ रहा है रूफटॉप पूल का और घरों में निजी पूल बनाए जाने लगे हैं। अगर यही चलन रहा तो जल संरक्षण अभियान का क्या होगा? इसी विषय पर केंद्रित है मेरा यह लेख।
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Article | We have always discussed water conservation Tools But what about private pools?
- Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh
Writer, Author & Social Activist
Blogger - "Climate Diary Of Dr (Ms) Sharad Singh"
Generally we advise the common man not to leave the tap open for a long time, spend water with care, save water etc-etc. But why not say anything about the people who irrigate large private lawns or build private home pools? Shouldn't they also be advised to save water? Roof top private pools are increasingly being used instead of roof water harvesting. How will the save water campaign be successful?
Home swimming pools became popular in the United States after World War II and the publicity given to swimming sports by Hollywood films such as Esther Williams' 'Million Dollar Mermaid' made a home pool a desirable status symbol. More than 50 years later, the home or residential swimming pool is a common sight. Today it wouldn’t cost a fortune to build your own private pool, even if you are living in a house as small as 250 sqmt in a metro. “The cost of a private pool comes between Rs 4-8 lakh for a normal size pool,” says Piyush Prakash, managing director of an architect group. His group has built over 100 private pools in India over the last few years. Amit Bahl, an associate of Mr Prakash says further that “One need not bother about the heavy upkeep and hygiene maintenance, thanks to the new easy-to-use gadgets.”
What is a small pool? While pool sizes and dimensions vary, anything that is approximately 10 feet by 10 feet or smaller is generally considered a small pool. In terms of depth, three feet is standard for soaking and swimming, and four to five feet and above is the best depth for lap pools. The smallest pool measuring 10 x 10 x 2.5 feet has a water capacity of 1,052 gallons. Should be remembering that 1 liter is equal to 0.264 gallon means 4782.487 liter.
A 12-by-24-foot rectangular pool with an average depth of 5 feet will hold approximately 10,800 gallons of water. A 16-by-32-foot pool with the same depth will hold about 19,200 gallons, and a 20-by-40-foot pool will hold 30,000 gallons.
Due to the lack of space on the ground floor, these days the trend of building a pool on the terrace or terrace has increased. Simply a rooftop swimming pool cost in India is Rs 900 to 1300 per square feet whereas A 10 ft diameter x 30 inches deep roof or terrace pool holds 3639 liters water.
The standard norm for domestic water usage in India is 135 liters per capita per day (lpcd), prescribed by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization. So, the question is how much water should a family of 4 uses? Usually on average a family of 4 would use 12,000 gallons for bathing, cooking, washing, recreation and watering.
According to the latest report of the International Ground Water Resource Assessment Center (IGRC), there are 270 crore people in the whole world who face water crisis for 30 days in a whole year. According to the United Nations, if water consumption increases at the rate of one percent in the next three decades, then the world will have to go through a major water crisis. In India too, the groundwater level has been deteriorating rapidly for the last two-three decades. If we look at the figures of 2001, then the picture today is quite grim. The per capita ground water availability in India has reached 5,120 liters. This availability was 14,180 liters in 1951. Now it is only 35 percent of the availability of 1951. In 1991 it had reached half. According to estimates, by 2025, only 25 percent of groundwater will be left for per capita per day as compared to 1951. According to the data of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), this availability will reduce to only 22 percent by the year 2050. According to an important fact, on an average 321 billion gallons of water are used by humans every day. In this, 77 billion gallons of water are removed from within the earth alone. Statistics show that 1.6 billion people of the world are not getting pure drinking water.
According to a report, only 0.5 percent of the water on earth is usable and available fresh water. "The speed with which the Earth's temperature is increasing is also changing the accessibility of water, says the Secretary-General of the United Nations Meteorological Agency. The problem of drinking water in the villages is also no less acute. 90% of the population there is dependent on groundwater for drinking water. However, due to the increasing exploitation of groundwater for the agricultural sector, many villages are facing the problem of drinking water. Scientists are worried that water quality is declining in most areas of the world, and the species diversity and ecology of freshwater organisms is rapidly being damaged. Even compared to marine ecology, this erosion is more.
It is okay that if you have money you can spend it on your luxuries but not on the condition that it becomes an inconvenience to others. Everyone has a desire to take a bath in the pool and this desire can be fulfilled by going to the public pool. It is better to expand the public pool. This will not consume as much water as would be consumed by every thousandth house having a pool. If we look in our past, the remains of public pools have been found in the Indus Valley, which shows that public pools were practiced in the Indus civilization when all those cities were situated on the banks of the Indus River and had abundant availability of water. Yet they used water sparingly.
It is also true that these days a huge market for domestic private pools is developing. But there has to be a balance between the market and the basic needs. It seems as though we are getting into the habit of ignoring our basic shortcomings. There is a shortage of trees, yet the remaining trees are being cut and buildings are being built. There is no parking space yet still interested in buying the biggest car. Air pollution is increasing but we do not pay attention to it. Similarly, those who are getting clean drinking water do not have time to think about the pollution of drinking water.
Now when we know that a critical period of water crisis is going on, then we have to understand that there is no alternative to water, human existence is dependent on water, water is the basic basis of creation, water is food, If there is water, there is vegetation, there is no alternative to water, conservation of water is the only way to protect the environment, to recharge water is to produce water. We have to recognize that human need for water is more important than any other need. Overall, it has to be understood that if there is water, there is tomorrow.
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(10.04.2022)
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