I
can remember the words of saying that has said king Parakramabahu the Great
“not a single drop of rain should reach sea without man making some use of it”.
It is a golden saying. The water is essential for the survival of man and animals
Water has many
roles in living organisms and life on earth impossible without it. It makes up
between 60% and 95% of the fresh mass of the organisms. In a water molecule,
two hydrogen atoms are joined to an oxygen atom by covalent bonds. This makes
it a stable molecule.
An ice cubes a well, a brook, a puddle, a stream, a
river, a waterfall, or an enormous ocean is being formed by water. Being a
small island we are blessed with water. Water plays very important role in
animals and plants. It maintains the process of homeostasis to maintain the
relatively constant temperatures within body. Water has a high specific heat
capacity. And also animals and plants cannot live without water. We use water
our drinking and washing purposes. And also trees want to water for their
lives.
In Sri Lanka we often get rain and we enjoy
abundance of lush green and vegetation. Even though in dry seasons where there
is no rain for a long period we experience the harshness of drought and also
tend to understand the value of water. Ancient rulers of Sri Lanka had thoroughly
understood the value of this precious element.
They were very sensible enough to build so many tanks
to conserve water for the benefit of the country. Being an agricultural country
we had a fine system of water management. Though the water is versatile friend of human,
sometimes it causes great damage to human when it’s in fury in the form of flood
by nature of this problem, people face
to lot of inconveniences like electricity failing. People become to very
harder positions. Their belongings are destroyed and crops in the field
affected. These all are being happened by the water.
Anyway water is a wealth to be preserved it should
not go waste. That is a very pathetic situation still some people have not
realized of this natural resources. People cut trees and they destroyed
forests. It gets bad effect for the water cycle and natural water bodies. And
people polluted water resources. This all things are effect to the life of
water bodies in the earth. This water should protected by a management process.
The usage should be increased be increased and on the other hand wastage must
be minimized. It is very important that a water management process is being
started before going long time. We can’t live without water. And also our
fairness should be protecting the water.
