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Here are the questions: 1. How would the group classify the use of water in the photo? Name it (some may be more obvious than others) 2. Does individual student use water in that way? If so, how? If not, do they know of anybody who does use water in that way ( eg. the canteen vendor or a neighbour who washes his car)? ( green part inapplicable ) 3. Does that water use have an overall positive or negative impact on the local environment? How does that water use impact global water supplies or water quality? 4.What is the environmental impact of the water use depicted in the photo? 5. What is the social impact of the water use? 6. What are the possible solutions/ways to lessen the impact(Environmentally, socially or both) of that water use?

(I'll use this picture temporarily since I cannot copy my actual picture) Question 1: It is used for domestic work, or to be more specific, for washing of vegetables.~Caleb

Question 2: Individual students do not use water that way. But students' parents/guardian/domestic helper use water that way. They put the vegetables in a small basin and fill the basin with water.~Caleb

Question 3: It has a overall positive effect on the local enviroment. It does not use boiled water, which is for drinking and wastes electricity, and it collects the water in a basin instead of letting water run straight from the tap. ~Caleb

Question 4: It saves water and electricity.~Caleb

Question 5: It cleans vegetables for eating, which socially helps prevent people from eating food with small specks of soil or bits of dirt.( I do not know about this segment)~Caleb

Question 6: We can reuse the water in the basin for many things. Examples are for watering plants, wasing clothes, (It seems illogical as your clothes might smell of vegetables, but I'll put it down tentatively) washing cars, mopping the floor, or even for drinking or cooking after it is boiled. This has a social and enviromental impact. It not only saves water, which is precious, it also reduces water tax, which could at the same time save money.(Sort of "**__//yi ju liang huo//__**" English Translation: hailing two birds with one stone)~Caleb

We can use the water that has been used to wash rice to water the plants. It saves water. ~Jovyn