Life Without Water Research Paper

"And among His signs is that He shows you the lightening, for fear and for hope, and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who understand." Al Qur 'an (Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 24)

Water, being a natural asset, helps sustain life on earth. Without water, there could be no life on earth. But unfortunately, water storage is bound to have certain limits and it recycles itself under a natural system within these limits. Life of plants and living beings is threatened, if deficiency of water occurs beyond a certain limit. As to say simply ‘no water, no life’.

The population increase and massive industrialization has lead to an increased manifold in the usage

In cities like Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad there are areas which are overly populated. It is a gigantic task to maintain water supply in these areas and it requires an enormously efficient management and enormous supply of resources. The overly populated areas mainly have narrow streets and apartments; due to this the management of these areas becomes difficult through heavy traffic and overpopulation. Also, in the urban areas, there is no distinction between the water that is used for drinking and the water that is being used for other purposes like gardening. The supply of water system from which water is supplied to people is the same for drinking purpose, washing, bathing, gardening etc. Unfortunately, we are wasting enormous amount of drinking water in this way on washing and gardening etc. Furthermore, there is no accountability of water consumption on consumer’s end. The water tax is negligible, due to which consumers waste a lot of water. In some colonies, you’ll find people who do not have water even to drink and in some colonies you’ll find people who will have enormous supply of overflowing water in excess to their huge lawns and

These cities should be divided into distinct manageable units and unit should be accountable for its water management and other important issues.

The water management should be devolved to district government under a mechanism of self sustenance. The mindset of water supply being free should be finished. A system should be made according to which one should be made to pay for all the extra amount of water he’s using above a fixed amount. Even, the free water system for the government departments should be stopped. This system would work fairly when no discrimination is made and there is no free supply of water for anybody above a fixed amount.

Secondly, the District’s Domestic and Industrial Water Management Authority (DD&IWMA) should offer two types of water connections. The first water connection should be fresh and pure for purposes like drinking, cooking, washing etc and the other second one for toilet cleaning, vegetation, gardening etc. Even the rates for water service charges for both these water supplies should be different. At the end of every month, the consumers should be billed in accordance to their water