Fitting tons of people into tiny apartments stacked one on top of the other always comes at a price. Pollution levels in cities around the world are skyrocketing, waste management systems aren’t efficient enough to make sure trash is segregated and water and electricity isn’t always readily available.
Often, from inside our AC-cooled apartments, it feels like there isn’t much we can do to combat some of the major environmental crises our world faces.
Through all the pipes winding their way into homes, millions of litres of water are lost. In places like Delhi, around 40 percent of the water that comes into the city is lost through leaky pipes and theft, according to the Delhi Committee of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
Though a lot of these leaks take place underground, we can still do our bit to reduce the level of water wastage in our own homes. The Quint spoke to Mumbai’s water warrior, Aabid Surti of the Drop Dead Foundation, to learn more. Check it out:
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