A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF WATER CONSERVATION METHODS AMONG SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH

Abstract

Water is the elixir of life. We need water for literally every purpose. Right from the cell in the body water is indispensable. It is estimated that water requirement for drinking and domestic use is around 150-200 litres per head per day.  But at present, water has become something so hard to find; it has become a depleted. At present, approximately 1.2 billion people live in areas wherein water is scarce and 1.6 billion people face economic water shortage.

WHO/UNICEF Joint  Monitoring  Programme  for  water supply and sanitation released in 2019, estimates that 36% of the world's population – 2.5 billion people lack improved sanitation facilities and 768 million people still use unsafe drinking water sources. Poor farmers and wage earners are less productive  due  to  illness,  health  systems  are 4overwhelmed and national economies suffer.