Venezuela should pay more attention to sanitation.
2 in 10 people worldwide lack safe drinking water
Venezuela has made significant progress in access to drinking water and wastewater pipeline.
More attention should be given to water treatment
Each March 22 marks the World Water Day, environmental event which this year has the theme "Clean Water for a Healthy World." This day was adopted by the United Nations in 1993, by resolution A/RES/47/193, in order to focus national and international attention on this resource, through activities that promote public awareness through the production and diffusion of documentaries and the organization of conferences, roundtables, seminars and expositions related to the conservation and water resources development, in addition to implementing the recommendations of Agenda 21, as forgotten in the last decade.
No liquid is so vital to humanity as water, and despite this, around 884 million people, mostly African, have no access to drinking water and more than 2,500 million human beings still lack adequate sanitation.
Zoyla Martínez, Director of Community Development VITALIS NGOs, and Secretary of the Venezuelan Association for Water, said that "a contaminated water can cause serious problems to human health, such as gastroenteritis and cholera. It is therefore important to strengthen the actions and programs to treat the water, preventing spread of diseases and damage to the natural environment. "
For Martinez, "sanitation is as important as access to drinking water and sewage pipeline, and Venezuela, like many other Latin American countries should pay more attention."
According to UN figures, about 1.5 million children under five die annually worldwide due to waterborne diseases, and it is increasingly evident deterioration of the quality of rivers, streams, lakes and groundwater, with direct consequences on ecosystems and human health.
According to data provided by the UNDP Portal Venezuela (http://www.pnud.org.ve), the population served by potable water through house connections, has significantly increased in Venezuela during the period 1990 to 2007 from a value of 68% to 92% by the year 2007. With regard to water harvesting served in networks, the trend has been strongly increased from 52% in 1990 to 82% in 2007, despite a low in 1994 and 1998. While Venezuela
reached the Millennium Development Goal of access to drinking water due to poor management of available water supply and a higher consumption per capita, current indicators may reflect a low technical and financial sustainability by pointing out the need for changes within the system that are less sensitive to atmospheric phenomena such as El Niño, which has left much of the country in a severe drought and rationing.
Despite the lack of reliable data on water consumption in Venezuela due to low coverage of metering, it is estimated that the average residential water consumption is about 230 liters per capita per day, compared with 143 l / c / d in Brazil and 259 l / c / d in Peru.
However, estimates suggest that daily VITALIS in urban areas, with a permanent and efficient water supply, could could you be consuming between 250 and 400 liters, depending on area and season, as broken down as shown in the pictures attached.
therefore VITALIS considers that the main efforts should be made as well as improving the distribution infrastructure and sanitation, "education and awareness communities, who are called to reduce waste and use it rationally. "
VITALIS Tips for saving water:
• A good shower and not a long bath, you can save up to 7,500 liters per year. Prefer a brief shower of 5 minutes, closing the stream of water while soaping. During this time, use about 50-70 liters, instead of 130-150 liters consumed in a bathtub.
· Check your faucets periodically. A permanent and persistent drop per second wastes 12,500 liters per year.
Do not leave the faucet open while shaving or brushing teeth. Avoid waste 3 to 10 liters of drinking water.
Do not wash food for the open jet. Use a container for it and you'll be saving at least 7,000 gallons per year, enough to irrigate a field of vegetables for several months.
· Place in the toilet water tank or poceta, a brick or a bottle of soda of 1.5 or 2 liters duly filled and closed. This allows you to store the amount actually needed in the toilet tank and achieves the necessary pressure to clean after use. Never throw the toilet paper, since it requires more water.
· Make sure your home or office does not have leaks. Turn off all faucets and check your meter movement. If no leaks, the measure should remain unchanged.
• If not overdo it has a garden irrigation. There are very cheap moisture meters that can guide you about the amount of water to use. Also remember to water your plants early in the morning or late in the day, when temperatures are lower, and less water is lost by evaporation.
• There are various mechanisms of sophisticated technologies that help decrease water consumption. Among them are the nozzles and sprinklers to conform to what is necessary spending, or sprays. We also find faucets with sensors that turn on or off with ease.
· Use full load in the washer. Save water, energy and detergent.
• If the dishes by hand, not with the water running. Use a battery or another punch to soap and rinse.
• Choose native plants or specific area where you live to your garden, since they consume less water and are much less work than exotic plants because they are accustomed to local climatic conditions.
· When washing your home, use two containers, buckets and casks of about 10 liters each, one for soapy water and disinfectant, and the other with rinse water to wipe the floor or jerkin. This saves up to 50 liters in the cleaning of your home. Do not use a hose to wash the floor ..
To consider:
2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die each year from diseases associated with lack of and access to potable water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
At least 90% of drinking water in the world is groundwater. This fountain is increasingly impoverished and heavily contaminated.
Since 1950 the world population has doubled and water consumption has increased 6 times
About 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water, equivalent to one sixth of the world population.
Some Indicators of Interest
Flushing toilet
6-11 liters 120 liters
Bath Shower 14 liters per minute Washing Machine
150 liters per load
Dishwasher
30 liters per load washing dishes (by hand) 10 liters
Spray 10 liters per minute
garden irrigation hose 20 liters per minute
running tap water 6-10 liters per minute
Filling swimming pool
50,000 liters
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