Dos and don'ts - Washing hands and saving water

During the outbreak of Corona and more and more emphasis on compliance with health recommendations, constant washing of hands is at the top. Strong recommendations on long washing and for at least 20 seconds (Less than that is not recommended at all).

The fear of spreading the disease is so high that it covers all the issues around us.

It is necessary to remember that our country is in a water shortage crisis and the recent rains can only compensate for a small part of the effects of several years of drought..

Frequent hand washing during the global outbreak of Covid-19 requires a lot of clean water. Let's use ways to prevent water wastage in order to maintain the possibility of washing on hot summer days when water consumption rises sharply..

The first step can be to turn off the faucet while washing your hands. If the water flows at a normal speed during hand washing for 20 seconds, a 1.5 liter bottle will be filled. The recommendation to wash hands with close intervals on average 7 times a day causes the waste of 10.5 liters of water, which is equivalent to 5% of the per capita consumption of every Iranian person per day..

Let's take the challenge of saving water during hand washing seriously by observing all hygiene standards.

Maybe tomorrow we won't have clean water to wash our hands.

Hoping that the publication of these recommendations will help the health of those around us.