Water Conservation

Water Conservation Water conservation is important because we depend on it. So many of our daily activities, like bathing or flushing the toilet, require fresh water. Our body even needs water to function correctly. Seventy-one percent of the Earth's surface is made up of water. Ninety-eight percent of it all is salt water, leaving only two percent as fresh water. More than half of the fresh water is permanently frozen in glaciers or is in the form of snow. That leaves just a tiny bit of clean, fresh and accessible water left for us to use. My family and I use water for many purposes. We use it to bathe, brush our teeth, wash our hands, dishes, and clothes. Most importantly, we drink it. We even swim in water. Without fresh water, my house would be unsanitary and my family would be unhygienic and dehydrated.
Our region, the state of Georgia, has a large number of freshwater lakes. Many people like to go swimming and fish in these lakes. If the lake was polluted, the water would be contaminated with chemicals and litter . The fish who live there would get sick, resulting in whoever eats the fish and swims in the polluted lake possibly contracting diseases. The state of Georgia is also famous for its peaches. If the water was contaminated, the peaches would die, or get diseased from bacteria. Whoever eats them could get sick.

In conclusion, we cannot survive without fresh water. Despite the Earth’s surface being covered with seventy-one percent water, only a tiny amount of it is fresh water. Less than half of that tiny amount of fresh water is clean and accessible. My family and I use a lot of water throughout our day for many different purposes of hygiene and hydration.. When there are chemicals, bacteria, or litter in water, these toxins can be