Another reason it is so important is because it is its own ecosystem. If deserts disappear, so will many insects and animals species. Many biotic factors count on deserts for food, water, and shelter. Also, it is home to many unique plants and animals.

Increasing evaporation and dust storms are pushing deserts out into communities at their edges. This desertification is exacerbated by human exploitation of ecosystems that border deserts, causing land degradation, soil erosion and sterility, and a loss of biodiversity.

Mineral Wealth. The dry condition of deserts helps promote the formation and concentration of important minerals. Gypsum, borates, nitrates, potassium and other salts build up in deserts when water carrying these minerals evaporates. Desert regions also hold 75 percent of known oil reserves in the world.

Solutions. We can more efficiently use existing water resources and better control salinization to improve arid lands, find new ways to rotate crops to protect the fragile soil, and plant sand-fixing bushes and trees.

These 30+ desert plants are some of the few that make their home in the sand.

• Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus.
• Barrel Cactus.
• Saguaro Cactus.
• Lace or Hedgehog Cactus.
• Organ Pipe Cactus.
• Brittlebush.
• Creosote Bush.
• Desert Ironwood Plant.

Five Ways to Conserve Water in the Desert

1. Plant a Dessert Garden. According to Desert USA, desert plants have become adapted to living in arid conditions surviving conditions of extreme heat and dryness as well as lack of water.
2. Put in a Deck.
3. Shower Timer.
4. Recycle Washing Water.
5. Bucket or Dry Clean.

Causes of water shortages include swelling population, depletion of groundwater, wasteful irrigation, waste, pollution and global warming. In places where there is ample water is wasted in leaky pipes and other substandard infrastructure.

Water conservation is always important in the desert, but saving water is even more critical during the current period of historic drought in the state of California.

25 ways to save water

1. Check your toilet for leaks.
2. Stop using your toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket.
3. Put a plastic bottle in your toilet tank.
4. Take shorter showers.
5. Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors.
6. Take baths.
7. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.
8. Turn off the water while shaving.

Top 10 Water Management Techniques

1. Meter/Measure/Manage.
2. Optimize Cooling Towers.
3. Replace Restroom Fixtures.
4. Eliminate Single-Pass Cooling.
5. Use Water-Smart Landscaping and Irrigation.
6. Reduce Steam Sterilizer Tempering Water Use.
7. Reuse Laboratory Culture Water.
8. Control Reverse Osmosis System Operation.

Utilization of the resources Water management helps in developing efficient irrigation practices for the betterment of agriculture in the country. Proper utilization of water in our homes too can save this precious resource. Water management teaches us to use a limited amount of water whenever required.

These activities include water distribution and system maintenance (always); assessment and collection of water charges or similar fees and taxes (nearly always); and assistance and extension to farmers on water management at the local level (sometimes).

Top 5 Benefits of Drinking Water

• Increases Energy & Relieves Fatigue. Since your brain is mostly water, drinking it helps you think, focus and concentrate better and be more alert.
• Promotes Weight Loss.
• Flushes Out Toxins.
• Improves Skin Complexion.
• Maintains Regularity.

Water: Essential to your body

• Regulates body temperature.
• Moistens tissues in the eyes, nose and mouth.
• Protects body organs and tissues.
• Carries nutrients and oxygen to cells.
• Lubricates joints.
• Lessens burden the on kidneys and liver by flushing out waste products.
• Helps dissolve minerals and nutrients to make them accessible to your body.