Its Thursday on World Water Week so here are tips seven and eight,
Tip 7
Be careful with what you purchase while on holiday/vacation. For example take your own reusable water bottle and order tap water in restaurants. You will save energy, resources and even water over buying bottled water. You can also make a donation to the Back2Tap Campaign to help the developing world build new water and sanitation infrastructures. Buying products such as out of season fruit and vegetables that have been grown in water stressed parts of the world will probably cause some suffering in another part of the world. Avoid excess packaging as its resource hungry in its manufacture and can pollute water courses after you dispose of it if it is not dealt with properly.
Tip 8
Swimming pools are popular attractions at tourist resorts, hotels and apartments. They can also consume large amounts of drinking quality water. If it is a warm climate then swimming in the sea is probably a better option. Its one of my favourites if the water is warm enough and the sea is not full of jelly fish. If you are going to use a swimming pool, then how about trying a salt water pool. Like the sea they are easier to swim in as salt water is denser and gives better flotation.
