The Day of Drinking Water in the Hands of Children

Sonia Colasse

Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo”

Enzo is a bright boy, who likes to poke its nose everywhere and learn while growing up.

Enzo visit our world and often view the tragedies that hit our planet. We meet sick children caused by polluted water. These same children and their parents do not know how to use the water, and we should take a few moments of our lives to educate them on a few simple gestures.

Several associations or/and foundations gather to help the most disadvantaged and learn together the means to properly use drinking water.

Enzo participates one day to this awareness, as all past by daily gestures and in the hands of today’s children.

These are the same children proud of their learning that guides their elder to the right moves to prevent poisoning accidents.

Drinking water production matches the action to produce drinking water from natural water sources. The processing requires a quality source. It also varies with the level of demands, the standards applied and different depending on the country.

We all know, in countries like Africa or Mexico and others, sources of water are not drinkable.

During a trip in January, Enzo and his parents visit children at a school. They get buckets and filters to clean water fill that come from Canada. It is a start, a beginning for the village. Associations wishes that all villages would be equipped with drinking water, a bucket in each family. Unfortunately the investment of such material exceeds our good will.

Children are the adults of tomorrow, we must instruct them on new techniques to use and be aware of the dangers of polluted water. Not only that, it needs more help to accomplish such events around the schools, more hands and more investment.

Enzo so small he may be already knows that tomorrow is a new day for his friends. They learn every day, to live better together and solder. Each completed steps must lead another to a better future avoiding back.

It is during a morning between laughter, bickering and complicity that we give some instructions and a few hours of explanations on how to use buckets and filters.

Those who will teach the people of a small village on how to use drinking water and to consume it with moderation. Do not forget to save it. Drinking water must be served for food use only!

The water is passed through a filter that traps small particles. Small are the meshes of the filter; smaller must be a particle to pass. Filtrations can be accomplished as tertiary treatment of raw water, as secondary treatment of a wastewater or as single treatment if we are talking of a trans membrane filtration. The most common filters in water treatment stations are sand and anthracite filters. Filters ensure that the water comes out complies with the standards in force with regard to turbidity.

Viruses and bacteria can however pass through the filter that is why the final step of disinfection is mandatory.

Each single child receives a bucket and a filter with simple daily gestures.

It is with a smile that Enzo run between the legs of children and listens carefully the latest tips on how to use the equipment.