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Water quiz
In our quest to underline the importance of saving water for human sustenance and emphasise the advantages of rainwater harvesting and treatment procedures, PropertyPlus has been bringing out a weekly column ‘Waterwise.’ The aim is to create awareness on the reward and compensation that one draws out of prudent water uses.
Our ‘Water Quiz’ will be yet another attempt to inform and educate you on the facts and data related to water. We do hope our efforts help in increasing your general knowledge which would also help you realise the significance the subject draws in the present scenario, where increased population and buildings throw additional demands on saving the ‘elixir of life.’
Additionally, several right answers in our questions that require detailed explanations would be elucidated by our columnist,
S. Vishwanath, for giving you a better perspective of the subject and making you understand the core issues involved.
Happy quizzing!
1) Excessive fluoride in groundwater is a huge problem in our State. This affects the teeth and the skeletal system. Harvested rooftop rainwater can provide fluoride-free water to households. How many habitations in Karnataka have excess fluoride in groundwater? About
200.
1,000.
5,800.
2) Cherrapunji receives the highest rainfall in India and the world. The average rain there is
11,500 mm.
7,400 mm.
6,300 mm.
3) Cherrapunji is also declared a
Flood-prone area.
Cyclone-prone area.
Drought-prone area.
4) The maximum rainfall in Karnataka is at
Sirsi.
Agumbe.
Mangalore.
5) A water-efficient washing machine uses how many litres of water per wash with a full load?
60 litres.
200 litres.
300 litres.
6) Over 800 million litres of water per day is pumped into Bangalore. Some of the water leaks from the pipes and some is not financially accounted for. The entire unaccounted for water in the distribution system in Bangalore is close to
37%
17%
7%
ANSWERS
1-c; 2-a; 3-c; 4-b; 5-a; 6-a.
(Compiled by S. Vishwanath, www.rainwaterclub.org; www.arghyam.org; www.indiawaterportal.org; www.ircsa.org; www.voicesfromthewaters.com)
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