By Mitriy Krause, Associate Researcher & Writer for Save The Water\u2122 | December 2, 2022<\/p>\n
The term water stewardship has been popping up more and more often. What exactly is it? Why is it suddenly so popular?<\/p>\n
Water stewardship is a relationship between people and water. In this relationship, humans don\u2019t just take water for their own use. They provide care to water systems.<\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re an individual or a corporation, you use water everyday. Sadly, many bodies of water face contamination by pollutants.<\/p>\n
Water stewardship is about keeping the natural balance of water systems. Furthermore, acknowledging damage uncovers certain possibilities:<\/p>\n
Regulations like the Clean Water Act<\/a> prohibit corporations from polluting water too much. However, any amount of contamination is rightful cause for concern. Therefore, water stewardship goes one step further to actually give back to our water sources.<\/p>\n This method of caring for water isn’t new. Cultures around the world<\/a> have different ways of existing with nature.<\/p>\n In the United States and Canada, Native Americans<\/a> were the first to practice land stewardship. For example, many indigenous groups have unique ways of treasuring water. Yet, Native Americans are more likely to lack safe water access<\/a>. Awareness is growing around water contamination and its risks. Consequently, people of all backgrounds are changing their mindsets<\/a>.<\/p>\n These days, water stewardship is becoming more important for corporations, too. Consumers care about the impact their purchases have on the environment. In addition, many businesses also acknowledge the importance of sustaining water systems<\/a>. After all, without clean water, neither individuals nor businesses can carry on comfortably.<\/p>\n Water stewardship can mean many things:<\/p>\n Such practices aren’t new, but they are growing. For instance, collaboration between people, governments, and corporations is becoming more common.<\/p>\n Moreover, people are realizing that the way we use water today isn\u2019t natural. Water can become polluted by industrial activities. Even outdated lead pipes<\/a> can contaminate water supply. Furthermore, droughts<\/a> continue to affect places in the U.S.<\/p>\n We benefit from a higher standard of living thanks to technology. Still, we can give back to the natural environment. Learning about stewardship and practicing it in our own lives<\/a> is one way to do so.<\/p>\n Do you think water stewardship is for you? By Mitriy Krause, Associate Researcher & Writer for Save The Water\u2122 | December 2, 2022 The term…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12812,"featured_media":116260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[3545,547,3544],"yst_prominent_words":[613,637,2240,979,1714,732,727,638,1286,969,1014],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116259"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116265,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116259\/revisions\/116265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116259"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethewater.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=116259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Is Water Stewardship New?<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s Changing?<\/h2>\n
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What You Can Do to Save Water<\/h2>\n
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