{"id":4821,"date":"2022-02-10T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peruza.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:28:38","slug":"how-businesses-and-individuals-can-help-solve-the-global-clean-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peruza.com\/blog\/general\/how-businesses-and-individuals-can-help-solve-the-global-clean-water-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"How Businesses And Individuals Can Help Solve the Global Clean Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4821\" class=\"elementor elementor-4821\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c293a8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c293a8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6457036\" data-id=\"6457036\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2422ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2422ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we have so many bottled water choices at our grocery stores, one might think the clean water crisis is not really affecting us, as we live on a planet that is covered by nearly 70% pure water.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But out of that amount of water, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/article\/freshwater-crisis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only 2.5 percent is fresh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the rest is saline and ocean-based, in other words, not good for humans to use. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s even more surprising is that <\/span><b>just 1 percent of all freshwater is easily accessible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you have clean water coming out of the tap above your sink, it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s like that everywhere, and you should consider yourself very lucky.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To put salt in the wound, the daily commercial practices of humans (such as selling a variety of bottled water in developed countries) really make everything worse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415879e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"415879e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What causes this issue?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763735d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"763735d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-768x513.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4825\" alt=\"Green fishing line entwined in seaweed on a beach\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-causes-the-clean-water-crisis-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbfbd42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbfbd42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/_GPbp3nL6EU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee0ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee0ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main causes of the clean water crisis are global population growth, the use of water in agriculture (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/htt.io\/water-usage-in-the-agricultural-industry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">70% of global water usage is in agriculture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), poverty, poor water management, and political instability.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to forget the water pollution created by unsustainable and simply bad fishing practices in the sea.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A report of 2019 found that dumped fishing gear is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/nov\/06\/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biggest plastic polluter in the ocean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the processing of fish and sea products <\/span><b>oftentimes uses way more water and leaves a lot of waste, chemicals, and pesticides behind<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in favor of cheaper baseline pricing of the products.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this in turn contaminates the area and impacts marine life, making clean water sources that much less accessible for filtering and usage for drinking and sanitation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209711f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"209711f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solutions to clean water crisis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd89ae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd89ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With such a dire picture you might think &#8211; but what can my business do to help solve this? This is such a big problem, and I as a simple business owner or even an individual cannot do anything to change it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s where you might be wrong &#8211; every organization and every person <\/span><b>can help in the fight against this freshwater shortage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by following these simple tips.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed73aa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed73aa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can businesses help solve the clean water crisis?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1251f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c1251f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4824\" alt=\"Dark room with a window to a sea, and flipped &quot;recycle&quot; text written on the wall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-businesses-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5443cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5443cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/GvbQowHOMC4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0224030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0224030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Automate processes to save water <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f550b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f550b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re running a business where at any point of the production water is needed, this is the time to rethink how much of it you really need, and how you could automate the processes to save water instead.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, there are too many fish and food processing solutions with technologies that use a lot of water in the production lines.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oftentimes water is used for a simple function of moving produce, such as fish, through the line from one point to the other, which the high-tech food processing &amp; intralogistics creator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PERUZA has proven can easily be replaced by automating the process with mechanical brushes instead of water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As sustainable manufacturing becomes more important, given the increasing severity of water scarcity,<\/span><b> there is a great need for process automation that could save water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously wasted in the industry.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply look at your business processes and see if you can find where water used could be replaced by other types of processes, and quite possibly even save money while automating your business line.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20d6bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e20d6bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Educate your employees and local communities on the issue<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e89d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e89d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest weapon you can use in this fight against the water crisis is education, as the more people know about the problem, the more they can get involved in creating and using innovative solutions.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informing your employees or communities doesn\u2019t have to be hard. You can simply share this blog post with them by sending a company-wide email explaining why this is important to you as a business.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can print out simple signs reminding employees to conserve water by closing the tap when soaping up their hands, and place these posters in the restrooms.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also give out reusable water bottles made from glass or stainless steel, so that your employees and community members would use less plastic, and maybe even make your business more recognizable by printing your company name on the bottles.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try and think of simple ways your organization could easily learn about this issue and collectively come up with solutions that fit your business model.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b0c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11b0c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Recycle wastewater wherever possible<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8496b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8496b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another thing you can do is to try and think about how and where you could recycle and reuse wastewater.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can directly reuse wastewater that is clean enough for the purpose for which it is being reused. Process water is produced by industrial processes such as cooling and heating and often contains very few contaminants after use. In almost any industry, both rainwater and process water can be reused for purposes such as irrigation, washing, pH adjustment, fire protection, and more.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These solutions don\u2019t have to be expensive, and you must always think about the long-term benefits of helping the crisis that certainly outweigh the short-term finances needed to make these changes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to forget that reusing wastewater can significantly reduce your water bills.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So look into the modification of current operations and reach out to specialized companies for help on how to refine, filter, and disinfect water that has been used in production and otherwise would end up in the sewage system, or even worse, the local water bodies.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f770765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f770765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can individuals help solve the clean water crisis?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b4ea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51b4ea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4827\" alt=\"Water running from the faucet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/peruza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/How-can-individuals-help-solve-clean-water-crisis.png 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8beb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8beb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/vDQ-e3RtaoE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b2c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9b2c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Use water filters and reusable bottles<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396c82f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396c82f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For individuals in any developed country, it is so simple and inviting to just buy bottled water from the grocery store to always have fresh, drinkable water at home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the effects it leaves on the planet are heartbreaking &#8211; <\/span><b>plastic bottles generate more plastic waste and create a massive demand for companies to boost up the pricing of water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making the gap between accessible water and water insecurity that much bigger in developing countries and lower-income households.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can change this around by purchasing a water filter. There are so many types of them &#8211; ones that can be added directly to your tap, or ones that can collect the water from the tap and filter it through special filters in the cup.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purchasing a reusable water bottle made from stainless steel or glass would also help greatly to this global problem. And this is also a great way to increase and monitor your daily water intake if that\u2019s something you\u2019re hoping to do. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are really so many options out there from filters to reusable bottles that you really have no excuse to purchase more bottled water in the future &#8211; look into what would suit your needs and budget best and enjoy helping the world!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036bde8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"036bde8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Conserve water while doing daily tasks<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285780a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"285780a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the easy ways to conserve water is to close the tap while soaping up your hands. Turns out that by simply closing the tap for those 20 seconds you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/opinion\/comment\/closing-the-tap-when-washing-hands-for-those-20-seconds-can-save-billions-of-litres-of-water-1.1019470\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">save 20 to 40 liters of water per day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s you personally saving 14\u2019600 liters of water per year &#8211; talk about modern-day superheroes!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same goes for closing the tap while brushing your teeth, cooking, or soaping up the dishes &#8211; any task that takes way more than 20 seconds &#8211; imagine how much water you alone can save. Not to mention, how great it is if the whole household takes on this challenge and saves the water together.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ways to conserve water described above are so simple to do, yet have such a big impact on the clean water issue, we hope you\u2019ll start applying them today!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1777c16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1777c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Take showers smarter<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6fc4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6fc4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although habits can help save more water than hardware, it is important to mention that showerheads installed before 1992 can pump as much as 31 liters of water per minute.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your house still has one of those oldies, take five minutes to install an inexpensive low-flow version. These<\/span><b> emit less than 8 liters of water per minute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and no, you won\u2019t even notice the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average shower uses about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.constellation.com\/2016\/07\/05\/average-shower-length-flowchart\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15 liters of water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the average bath uses 190 &#8211; so even if you shower 12 times a day, you\u2019ll save more water than if you took one bath.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And an even better way to save water is to take shorter showers, or the so-called \u201cnavy showers\u201d, where you turn the water off each time you soap or shampoo up.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there is no scientific proof that showering together saves a lot of water, it sure can be helpful for you and your significant other to regain trust and closeness at a new level, so feel free to try this out as well in the name of saving the planet.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2630b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2630b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Final thoughts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d04d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d04d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope you found these tips helpful and will implement some of them into your business or personal life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the clean water crisis is a major global issue that requires everyone\u2019s attention and cooperation, it is important to remember that <\/span><b>you as a business owner or an individual do have the power to change things around<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and help those affected by this crisis on the other side of the planet.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to share this post with your family, community, employees, and coworkers to spread the word on how easy it is to help more people access the freshwater they so desperately need.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog article, we take a look at what the global clean water crisis is, and offer real solutions to help resolve it as a business and an individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - 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