ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CLASS 4
TOO MUCH WATER TOO LITTLE WATER
WATER IS THE MOST PRECIOUS
THING IN THE WORLD.
IN THIS UNIT –
Suguna lives at Nallamada, Andra
Pradesh. A guest comes to her house and
Suguna’s father says that drinkable water
is not availabale.
REASON FOR WATER SHORTAGE.
There is a water park near Bazaar Goan, Maharastra for
children to play and enjoy although there is water shortage
for people to fulfill their daily needs. Now-a- days lot of new
Water parks have come up in India and water is being
wasted for enjoyment.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS DRINK BOILED WATER.
Deepak’s mother Pushpa works at Raziya Madam’s house. Raziya tells
her that the gutter water has got mixed up with the water in the drinking
water pipes and people have got sick with diarrhoea and vomiting.
DIARRHOEA AND CHOLERA
If somebody is suffering from diarrhoea and
vomitting, he loses a lot of water from his body.
He should drink lots of water mixed with Sugar
and Salt.
This mixture must be sipped slowly.
It is also necessary to take medicine.
RAIN WATER HARVESTING.
For the last three years there have been scarcity of water
in Holgundi area in Karnataka.
The village Panchayat was worried. This Panchayat had
some special members- Children and was called BHIMA
SANGH
BHIMA SANGH solved the problem by repairing a
cracked tank and putting it on the hill.
Now rain water could be collected in it and used by the
villagers in times of need.
Methods of RAIN WATER HARVESTING