1. Water, a precious resource By Enric Solé

2. Introduction People used to think about water as an infinite resource. They could use it, abuse it, pollute it. People today use much more water than they did in times past. Did you know the amount of water in the world today is the same as it was billions of years ago?

3. What does conservation mean? Conservation means the careful utilization of a natural resource in order to preserve and protect it through prudent management.

4. Why do we need to conserve water? We have to be aware that the amount of drinking water available is limited and it has got a price so we’ve to use it correctly. The main problem is that in many countries there isn’t enough drinking water.

5. Isn’t water “free”? Water is free but the water that we’ve got on our houses isn’t free because this water has received lots of chemical treatments in order to make it drinkable.

6. How does this affect me? I’m lucky because I have water at home every day, but I know that if I waste it, I wont have water, so I can take some measures to avoid to run off drinking water like have a shower in stead of a bath, ...

7. Do I think I use too much water? Probably, I use too much water but I can take some actions in order to save some water every day, but often I don’t do those actions.

9. Before, to have water you had to turn on the tap, now, if you want water you have to turn it off

10. Every drop counts