11. WATER PRESERVATION
PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF COMMUNITY SANITATION AS THE
WATER OF THE EARTH IS LIMITED
APPLICATION OF FERTILISERS RELEASES GOOD ENERGY INTO SOIL,
BUT THE RUN-OFF NITRATES AND PHOSPHATES FROM FERTILISERS OR
DETERGENTS INTO WATER SUPPLIES IS HARMFUL
POLLUTION IS THE MOST SERIOUS, SINCE IT CONTAINS DANGERS FOR
HUMAN HEALTH AND SURVIVAL
BIO-DEGRADABLE WASTE AND ORGANIC WASTE CAN BE DISPOSED
OFF THROUGH A CHAIN OF ENGINEERED ECO-SYSTEM SUCH AS FILTER
BEDS, OXIDATION PONDS ETC.
WASHING DIRTY CLOTHES, SOILED VESSELS, BATHING ANIMALS,
HUMAN DEFECATION ETC. CONTAMINATE THE RIVERS AND LAKES
WHICH ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
THREE IMPORTANT STEPS OF COMMUNITY SANITATION ARE QUICK
COLLECTION, EFFECTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PROPER DISPOSAL OF
WASTE
WASTE MATERIALS SHOULD NOT BE DUMPED INTO WATER RESERVES,
IT CAN BE RECYCLED AND UTILISED IN A PROPER WAY, THEREBY
PRESERVING WATER SOURCES
12. GARBAGE DISPOSAL
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
OUR SURROUNDINGS SHOULD BE KEPT CLEAN
ONE EFFECTIVE METHOD OF DISPOSING WASTE MATERIAL
IS A COMPOST PIT
WASTE MATERIALS, ANIMAL DUNG AND EVEN HUMAN
EXCERTA CAN BE USED TO GET BIO-GAS
LAND FILL PITS FOR DISPOSING WASTES SHOULD NOT BE
NEAR A SOURCE OF WATER
BOTH OPEN DUMPING AND BURNING OF WASTES ARE
HARMFUL AS IT CAUSE AIR POLLUTION
CONVERSION OF SEWAGE INTO POWER OR AS AN
AGRICULTURAL BIOFERTILISER ARE WELL KNOWN IN
INDIA