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Evaluation Exercises

Activities

1. Draw any source of water and present its usefullness in class.

2. Read the notice given by the Drinking Water Supply Cooperation below and
discuss how water can be used in a proper manner and present in class.

Request from Drinking Water Supply Cooperation

You can save a person’s life by just saving a glass of water. Hence, please give
your attention towards the following points:
Make the habit of closing the tap after use.

Don’t leave the tap open while being busy in other works.
Put the nozzle on the tap.

Don’t use drinking water for irrigation.

Use rain water to wash clothes and for cleaning purpose.
Don’t drink water directly from the source. Filter it, add medicine, perform
SODIS or boil it before drinking.

It’s not enough for the water to be decontaminated. We have to make sure
that the vessels that we use to store water, the area where we fill water
from and our hands are clean too. If we don’t pay attention to this then the
water might get contaminated and we may fall sick.

We should make sure that the source of water is clean.
Make sure that the water tap is accessible to disabled people as well as the
children.

Very short answer questions

1. What is arsenic?
2. For what purposes is water used?

3. How do sources of water get polluted?
4. List out two water borne diseases.

5. What are the sources of water?
6. Why is the demand of water growing in Nepal?

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