Watermol ecul

eismadeupof3at oms.2at omsofhy dr ogenandoneat om ofoxy gen.They

haveimbalancedst r
uctureandt hismakest hem t ostickandat tr
actdif
ferentsubstances.
Iti
sa
chemicalsubstancewhi chistasteless,odor
less,colorless,t
ransparent
.Itischemi cal
ly
repr
esentedasH₂ O.Itismost l
yusedi nmakingf ert
il
izers.It
sboili
ngpointis100degr eecelsi
us
andmel t
ingpointis0degr eecelsius.Intheprocessofsweat ing,di
gesti
on, breat
hingbody
l
oseswat ercontent.Therefor
eitisv eryimportanttodr inkwatertokeepithy drat
ed.Let’
ssee
someot herusesofwat er

Li
stofusesofwat
er

Wat eri
sstoredinvari
ouspartsoftheworldbutnotev enl
ydist
ri
butedall overtheeart
h.I
tis
saidtobeauni v
ersalsolv
ent
.Varioussourcesofwat erare–sea, l
ake,rain,well
,st
ream,
boreholeandpond.Iti
susedf orwashing,
drinki
ng,generati
ngelectr
ici
tyet c.Bel
owar et
he
dif
ferentusesofwaterinvar
iousfiel
ds:

Domest
icusesofwat
er

Wat
erusef
oragr
icul
tur
e

I
ndust
ri
alusesofwat
er

Domest
icusesofwat
er:

15%ofwaterisconsumedfordomesticpurpose.Wateri
susedfordr
inki
ng,
bat
hing,
cooki
ng
foodandwashi
ngdishes,
clot
hes,
frui
ts,vegetabl
esandbrushi
ngteet
h.

Wat
erusef
oragr
icul
tur
e:

Agri
cult
ureist helargestconsumerofwater.About70%ofwat eri
susedf ori
rr
igation.Wateri
s
necessaryforgardening,far
mingandfisheri
es.Pl
antsrequir
ewatertogrow.Duringt hepr
ocess
ofphotosynthesistheyconsumewat er.Toyiel
dcrops,
fruit
s,fl
owers,
vegetabl
est heyneed
suff
ici
entwat er,
manur e,sunli
ghtandoxygen.

I
ndust
ri
alusesofwat
er:

I
tiseit
herusedi
ncreat
ingortocooltheequi
pmentusedforcreati
ngtheproduct.I
ndust
ri
al
wateri
susedforwashi
ng,cool
ing,
processi
ng,t
ranspor
ti
ng,di
luti
ngorfabr
icati
ngofaproduct
.
Maximum amountofwateri
susedint hepr
oducti
onofchemical,
paperandfood.
Otherusesar
e–itisusedi
ntransport
ati
on,
manuf
act
uri
ng,
hydr
oel
ect
ri
cpower
,remov
alof
bodywastes,
tour
ism andr
ecr
eation.
..
..
.