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Who pollute the water?
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Humans, trafic, factories, garbage, chemicals, oil, tourists, farms,acid rains
How?
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Dumping waste into water: rubbish, plastic, gas, pesticide, oil, household products (if you don’t recycle)
Why?
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They only see the benefits not the bad things: cheaper, faster, easier
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People don’t care, they are irresponsible
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People don’t know
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It is too hard to change their mind/behavior/the system
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What does water mean to me?
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Water is life. It is very important, we need it every day. We need to drink and clean and wash
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It means life. I need it every day. I can relax by the sea, too. Water means health to me and fun.
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It means everything. Without it there is no life. Drinking, swimming, cooking, fun,health, happiness, travelling. It can mean scary things like almost drowning, heavy rain, enormous waves, tsunami.
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It is very important, because I need it every day. All life on Earth comes from water! If we didn’t have water, the planet would be empty, a rock planet. It means life and health. I drink it and wash myself.
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It means life for me. It means health. It is important in everything. We can’t survive without it. We enjoy it a lot. We use water to progress and the world moves on in evolution. Development!
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It means living/life, health, drink, swimming, ralaxing, showers, sports, winter activities, cooking, washing
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What is the situation in your own country?
Do you have to save water?
Is there enough clean water?
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Only in the summer in HUngary, Spain, Slovenia (e.g. watering the plants in the garden)
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We are very lucky to have enough clean water generally
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In Poland clean water depends on the regio = bacteria is in the water, you can’t use it for everything, there is shortage of clean water
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In Germany, Finland, Hungary, Spain, Slovenia you have to pay for clean water
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In Spain in summer sometimes tap water service is cut off
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In some countries we have very good mineral water
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Where do we need clean water?
What do we need clean water for?
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To take shower, drink water and wash your clothes as well as cooking
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General life (not only humans) for swimming, to do water sports
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For our pets, in the factories, to clean, to water plants, in sauna
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To brush your teeth
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In the kitchen, in the garden, in the bathroom, in the river
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For your own health
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Animals, our pets, for the photosynthesis, in the pools
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Have I ever experienced lack of water?
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Never we say, BUT
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In the south of Spain there is sometimes problems with water
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In summer, when it is hot, it doesn’t rain, people cannot water their gardens
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If there is some electricity or technical problem it causes water cuts
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Some individual experiences
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in San Francisco, there were no water available in hotel because of climate, they went swimming to wash themselves
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In Finland in the countryside on the island
VI
Can you drink tap water?
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In Hungary/Finland/Slovenia/Germany you can drink everywhere and it tastes good
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In Spain you can in some parts of the country, in some not (on the coast it tastes bad)
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in Poland it depends on the place, town like Gdansk you can and it is good. In south the water is not clean.
VII
Can you swim in the lakes, rivers and sea in your country?
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In most places we can
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There are some dangerous places in Spain where people drown
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Sometimes there is rubbish in the water, because people throw it
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The smaller rivers are cleaner than the bigger ones which take the waste of towns
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