While watching the news the other day (thank God we were able to finally watch the television after weeks of darkness brought by Ondoy), an environmental expert said not because there were floods, we won’t have problems with water.
I believe that we should seriously think about and act on the issue of potable drinking water shortage in the future. Philippines was ranked as among the top wasters of water.
In the household level, we ought to refine our use of tap water when washing the laundry, cleaning vehicles, and even when doing personal activities like brushing teeth. The government and private developers should also consider not developing anymore golf courses or swimming pools.
During the flooding, our family was thankful that we were able to save a gallon of mineral water which we consumed up until the time the road outside our communtiy was travelable to refill the gallon. From September 26 to this day, we cannot really rely on tap water as a safe drinking resource unless you use reliable and high-quality water filters. It is better to be safe than worried as the danger of diseases like amoebiasis, diarrhea, gastrointestinal, parasitism, and thypoid continously loom.
We may be lucky that we were able to save mineral water for our family but we saw a lot of families who do not have access to clean and safe drinking water. It is too bad our negligence for sanitation made us depend on bottled water whilst in the past, we can directly drink from the faucet or the well. It is worst for those who cannot afford it.
Let us save the future of our country and the lives of our future children.
Let us save water. Now.
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#1 by Palito on October 15th, 2009
Not to mention Lepto. I watched the news last night, dami ng mga ganitong cases sa hospital. Pati pala mga pet dogs can acquire Lepto.
I read din na kapag sumulong sa baha, immediately wash our feet, lepto will die right away daw, samahan na din ng alcohol. Ingat.