mumbai water crisis

8/9/2019 Mumbai Water Crisis

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* India Specific Presentation


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* Million liters per day


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Which is sufficient only for

200 days..;00 d ys ;


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& then


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Mumbais Domestic per capita water consumption per day(excluding water supplied for industrial demand)jjust above 100 liters


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Mumbais Domestic per capita water consumption per day(excluding water supplied for industrial demand)jjust above 100 litersW te lied to mo t l m eater supplied to most slum areas

= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#

* Conservative Estimate

# According to Bombay Community Public Trust


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Mumbais Domestic per capita water consumption per day(excluding water supplied for industrial demand)jjust above 100 litersW te lied to mo t l m eater supplied to most slum areas

= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#

The other 50% (which is most of US who are reading this) consume190 liters er ca ita er day ^ * Conservative Estimate

# According to Bombay Community Public Trust

^ Assuming 2.5 members per household in slums (highly conservative estimate) and 100 lpcd water availability on an average across Mumbai (lower than actual)

190 liters per capita per day


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My numbers may well be wrong

but I urge you to answer thisfor yourself


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Read on for answersAll figures henceforth are per capita per day (unless specified otherwise) and are based on a Water Audit as part of BIS seminar 2009 & some common sense


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New Dual Flush Toilets use only about 3 or 6 liters per flush

If you cant afford to replace your old 1, look up the internet for ways to save water with the older designs


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goes down the drains

Be vigilant for leaky/running taps and overflowing tanks, use press handle type taps, turn off taps while brushing. Educate your

family members and housemaid. Remember a tap running for 1 minute means ~ 2 liters of water lost


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It takes

Install low flow showers. Make your showers quick.. Or share showers :p


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Top loaders useabout 140 liters0

per load

Front loaders are moreefficient they use about50 to 80 liters per load

Buy front loaders. Minimize the number of loads as far as possible


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Sum it Up

And remember we have not even accounted for..

Your CarsYour gardens

& Drinking Water


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She wont be happy if she is told that grown upsaround her could have averted a water crisis..dd.. but didnt

Think of this


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Which means No or atleast fewer Dry Daystrust me.. It wont take anything more than a

it tWhich means No or atleast fewer Dry Days

Commitmentto achieve a 2 liter per day saving


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