The earth’s surface is mostly covered by water and the human body is made up of mostly water, which shows that there is a link between water, ecosystems, and health. However, there is a shortage of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, which can result in very serious illnesses. Besides water-borne illnesses, there are chemicals, such as pesticides and other synthetic chemicals that make their way into the water systems because of runoff. It is more than farmers and other people who put chemicals into the water, such items oil, gasoline, and sewage are dumped into the ground and end up in our water resources. But there are ways that we can protect our natural water systems.

Ecosystem Approach

People can take an ecosystem approach to help saving the water systems across the world.  Anybody can implement the ecosystem approach by taking certain precautions. First, do not over fertilize your lawn or garden or overuse pesticides. Additionally, you can use organic fertilizers or pesticides. Also, take care of your parks and waterways, and plant vegetation by the waterways. Find out what your community is doing to help with the natural water resources, and join up to help them.

Water Resource Management

Water resource management is trying to manage water resources so that they are available, and to adjust water flow so that it can meet the growing needs of urbanization. A way to achieve this is to become more water efficient. One way you can help with this is to check for leaks around your home. You can also watch how much you water your lawn in the summer time, which you can use timed sprinklers to help with this. You can also plant shrubs or use groundcovers instead of grass in hard to water areas on your landscape. Additionally when washing dishes, do not leave the water running while you rinse your dishes. Also turn off the water while you are brushing your teeth, doing this will save 25 gallons of water in a month. It just takes doing these small tips to help with water management.

Protect Water Resources

We need to start protecting our water resources on a both a household and worldwide level to protect our water from contamination. One way to do this is to help protect our wetlands because they are starting to quickly disappear, and wetlands are a very important part of the ecosystem. The wetlands filter drinking water, protect coastlines from natural disasters, and are habitat for wildlife. They are also the habitat for fish and other animals that are a food resource for us.

The ecosystem and water play a very important part in our environment and our health. It is important for us to take care of our ecosystem and our natural water resources. If all our natural water sources become contaminated or extinct, the planet and human life will cease to exist. It is worth our time to do what we can to protect and conserve our natural water sources.

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The Eco-bathroom is a concept design for a toilet and washbasin unit where the water used in the sink is stored to flush the toilet. The concept design has a sleek and elegant look to it, a modern feel that would look good in a majority of bathrooms while helping you to save on your water usage.

The Eco-bathroom Concept has been designed by Michael Passos. Everyone is aware these days that we must conserve water, and for those on a water meter there is the added incentive to reduce costs. So much perfectly useable water simply runs down a plughole to go to waste in homes all around the world, water than could be used for flushing toilets and other such activities.

The Eco-bathroom combines a toilet with a washbasin, the water used in the basin is stored for use flushing the toilet, helping to reduce the amount of water used significantly. Many toilets can waste up to 9lt of water a flush, and depending on the number of people within a household that can add up to a lot of water. There are other systems that will also achieve this for you currently, either devices to install yourself or complete systems to install, however many can look rather dated, and can even be rather untidy to look at. This concept differs by offering you all the eco-friendly benefits in a modern and stylish system.

Source: iGreenSpot

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The Water Saver Usage Meter is a great little device that monitors how much water you are using, clearly displaying the amounts. By being aware of your exact water usage it is easier to start to reduce the amount, it can also be used to help ensure that you do not over or under water your garden plants.

The Water Saver Usage Meter fits in easily between a standard hose pipe and a spray nozzle. It keeps track of the amount of water that passes through it, and displays it clearly on its large, impact resistant LCD display. The device can be set to display the amount in either gallons or in liters, allowing you to work with whatever measurement you are more comfortable with, this can be changed before each use. The meter has a reset button that can clear the cumulative total before each use session, and has a 10 second auto shut off to help conserve its battery power.

The Water Saver Usage Meter helps you to be aware of your outdoor water usage. By knowing how much water is wasted in cleaning your car you can start to make improvements and see how much difference a few changes can make, helping you to use your water in a more efficient manner. The device is also useful for those watering outdoor plants, allowing you to ensure you always provide you plants with a set amount, preventing under watering or over watering them.  Water is often an overlooked resource, conserving it is important, this meter can help you take the first few steps to reducing your usage and using water outdoors in a more conscious and efficient manner.

The Water Saver Usage Meter is priced at $27.60 with free shipping.

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The Raindrop Mini brings the joys of using rainwater to many that would have previously found it unpractical. The device is specifically designed for those who lack space and is an ideal way for anyone with a small property or flat, especially those living in urban areas, to start to make use of rain water and so help their plants and the environment.

The Raindrop Mini has been designed by Bas van der Veer to provide an easy way for anyone with access to a rain water drain pipe to collect, store and use rain water. Using rain water for watering plants has many advantages, processing water for suitability for taps involves many chemicals and many argue that it is best to use water without these for your plants. Using rain water for watering your plants, or even for flowers in a vase, helps to cut down the amount of tap water your home is using, a benefit to those on metered water or who are interested in water conservation.

Many homes are not suited to more conventional water storage methods. Water butts require space, and are really only suitable for ground floor areas due to their weight. These kinds of water storage also require high levels of use, as no one wants a large tank of stagnant water around their home! The Raindrop Mini is perfect for those who maybe own a flat, maybe with a balcony, or those in any type of small property in an urban area.

The unit is added to a guttering down pipe, and has a watering can built into the device. This watering can is easily removed when required, allowing you to water a few plants or fill a vase quickly and easily. The Raindrop Mini is constructed from Polyethylene and can be fully recycled. The watering can is available in a range of bright attractive colours.

Source: iGreenSpot

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The King Of Urinal is a concept design for a urinal that helps to save on water consumption and promotes good hygiene. Each urinal features a sink built into the top of it which allows a user to clean their hands immediately after use and flushes the urine away without requiring any additional water.

The King Of Urinal is a concept design by Jang Wooseok to help make urinals more sustainable in their water usage and to encourage users to wash their hand straight after use. The tap of the urinal appears to be triggered by a sensor, this coupled with the sinks location help to ensure that any germs from urinating are quickly washed away before having any chance to be transferred elsewhere.

The water that is used to wash a users hands is then reused to flush the urinal. This reuse of the water helps to reduce the amount of water required to maintain a toilet facility. Usually fresh water is used to flush a urinal and any water used to wash hands simply becomes waste. By allowing the relatively clean hand washing water to be reused the system would quickly reduce the amount of water needed to ensure a clean and hygienic toilet area.

Source: Jang Wooseok

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EnviroGadget has teamed up with Big Green Smile (who sell a fantastic range of eco-friendly products and green gadgets) and Veolia (a water supply company) to offer you a range of free water saving widgets.

All you need to do is fill out the form with your details, choose your widgets, and answer 3 very quick questions.

The widgets you can receive include:

• Water-saving fittings for your shower
• A water-saving bag for your toilet cistern.
• A tap aerator device (where you use less water to wash your hands).

The widgets are currently only available to UK readers. Although the offer is marked as Veolia customers only, I have confirmed that Veolia will send the water-saving gadgets to customers of other UK water companies.

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Clear Rain is a device that allows you to filter rain effectively and efficiently and allows you to attach hosing to take the cleaned rain to where it is needed, for a pool, pond or any form of water storage.

Clean Rain has been designed by Rain Harvesting Pty Ltd to connect to downpipes to collect and filter the rainwater running through them. The intelligent system features a device known as Smart Sense that allows the system to discard the ‘first flush’ of water that comes through the pipes. The first flush of water is high in contaminants: dirt, dust, bird dropping and other such items are washed off the roof and out of piping from the initial burst of rain. Once this first flush has passed the system starts to divert the water passing through its filters to be sent through any piping or hosing connected to it.

The system uses a comb device to remove any leaves from the rainwater, the water is then filtered through a stainless steel wire mesh which removes small contaminants, even tiny mosquito eggs from the water. The Clean Rain system comprises from 90% lead free UPVC, the remainder of it has been constructed from PP. Both materials are suitable for recycling once the system has come to the end of its useful life and the system has been designed to allow you to quickly and easily break it apart into single material items to allow for easy recycling.

The Clean Rain system helps to make using rainwater simpler and allow the water to be used on a wider range of things. The rain water can be stored for watering a garden, or put into a pond. Due to its cleanness it can also be used in a pool, or set to be stored in a large water storage tank for use in toilets or such devices.

By making use of rainwater you help to reduce the amount of processed water you household requires. Processing water for suitability for taps involves many chemicals, many argue it is best to use water without these for your plants, and is sensible to have back up water to help reduce demand on mains water. The Clean Rain system makes collecting cleaned rainwater easy, allowing you to make use of it however you wish.

Source: Australian International Design Awards

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The IRISO Water Dripper is a system that helps you to convert an old plastic bottle into a device to keep your plants watered. The device can be set to a number of drip rates to allow it to be compatible to a range of plant sizes and by using a large bottle you can ensure your plants are watered even if you are away for weeks.

IRISO Water Drippers are an efficient system for delivering your houseplants, or garden plants, water 24 hours a day even when you are away. The drippers help you to turn regular plastic drinks bottles into water storage tanks to supply the plants with constant water.  The enclosed system supplies water directly into the soil, helping to prevent the water from evaporating. It does this without using any electricity or access to mains water supply as it uses gravity to provide the plant with the water from the bottle.

The flow of water to the plant can be adjusted to suit the needs of the plant and can be anything from 150 ml a day to 1.5 ltr a day. This watering system helps you to re-purpose plastic bottles into something of use,  the system requires that the mouth of the bottle is a standard one (standard to both the .5ltr and 2ltr bottles commonly purchased) but any size of bottle you can find with this can be used. This allows you to attach a bottle big enough to provide your plants with water for a long time, usually for anything from 20 days to 2 months, perfect for when you are away on holiday. The system helps to prevent over watering and encourages more efficient use of water. It achieves this as there is no loss of water through evaporation nor is water being used in areas it is not required.

The IRISO Water Drippers costs just £3.97 for a single dripper, or £17.99 for a pack of 4 dripper kits. These kits are highly respected and have got fantastic reviews.

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The P3 International P0520 is a garden hose spray nozzle attachment that monitors your water usage. It allows you to water your garden or wash your car while keeping track of the quantity of water used to hopefully lead to less water usage over time.

The P3 International P0520 is designed to be attached to a hosepipe. The spray head has 4 different spray patterns that can be used. It can be set to soaker, shower, cone or flat, allowing you to select the best setting for the task, while using the least amount of water. The inbuilt monitor has an LCD display that informs you of your water usage in gallons during that session of use. This function helps to highlight exactly how much water is being consumed, allowing you to figure out how little water you can use while achieving the task at hand.

Many people over water their gardens which can lead to problems, by having a guide to the quantity of water you are using you can guide your efforts better to ensuring you use the same amount each time. The monitor can then be used to help you reduce the amount of water being used while helping the garden to flourish. By keeping track of your average use of water during activities like washing the car, you can monitor your usage to aim to reduce usage for that activity in future. The monitor helps you to be more aware of exactly how much water is being used each time you use your hose. By monitoring your usage it is easier for you to lower you usage. This is especially useful if you have a water meter.

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The Water Pebble is a little device designed by Paul Priestman that you place in a bath tub or shower cubical to monitor the amount of water you use when showering.

The Water Pebble works by recalling how much water was used whet it was first used. From then on it uses this as a benchmark amount, warning you through coloured lights as you go through water usage. Each time you use the Waterpebble it takes off a small amount of waterusage. Because this is such a small amount you barely notice it happening but by sticking to the times set by the pebble by watching its colour you will slowly cut down on how much water you are using in the shower. This helps save on water and energy bills as you use the shower for less time.

The Waterpebble approaches the idea of saving on water usage from a gentle reminder standpoint. It does not stop the water, or scream loudly that you have used too much, it simply runs through coloured lights. These lights are set in a traffic light sequence we are all familiar with to show us when we are being good and using not too much water by glowing green, informing us we have used enough and need to finish up, but glowing amber, and then finally turning red when we have used too much water and it is time to stop.

The Waterpebble can be reset at any point and so a new baseline reading can be recorded. It has been designed to be recyclable, though as it can be reset it can be easily passed on to others who could benifit from it. The Water Pebble costs just £7.99 plus delivery.

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