Hi again, everyone. Yesterday, NPCC organised a CIP activity for the whole sec. one squad. We assembled at SALT centre at 9.15 a.m. and proceeded to Clementi at 9.30 a.m. for the activity. Our task is to let the residents in Clementi be more aware of saving water. We split into groups of threes and were given brochures and pamphlets. Each group was assigned to one person from the PUB. The PUB officer was to install thimbles (round pieces of silica gel) on to the water taps while we tell the residents tips on how to save water.
We went to the first household and it was a small Malay family. The PUB officer turned on the tap and saw that the water was flowing out at a high rate. Using his spanner, he loosened the head of the tap and removed a small circular piece of rubber, replacing it with a thimble. When he turned on the tap again, this time a light jet of water shot out. Satisfied, he went to the bathroom tap. He did the same and soon every tap in the house had a thimble installed. The owner of the house seemed to a little unhappy with the change and asked the PUB officer a few questions in Malay. The officer answered the questions and seemed to tell him that, with thimbles installed on his taps, he would be able to save lots of water and money. We left and went on to the next household.
We visited a total of about 15 houses and about 11 allowed us in. The remaining 4 either did not answer the door or refused to let the PUB officer install thimbles on their taps.
At about 1.00 p.m., we were dismissed.
I feel that it had been an enriching experience and I have learnt things which I did not know about before. I got to know about tips on how to save water and how to install a thimble on to my tap if the need arises.
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Actually installing thimbles to taps is bad, and will help us lose more water. The light jet of water will not spit hard enough to wash the dirt from our hands or vegetables, causing firstly a problem for hygiene especially in hassle situations, which would most probably encourage you to leave it on for a long time to try to wash the dirt off your hands. No insult, by the way. You say that you learnt water saving tips. We are doing a project on saving money, so could you post those tips? Thanks.
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