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Yes. There are anthropocentric, biocentric, and ecocentric reasons why wasting water is bad.Anthropocentrically, fresh water is a vital resource for the survival of our population. Seeing as less than 1% of the world’s water is freshwater and available for us to consume (not trapped in glaciers), there limitations that factor into our carrying capacity as a population on Earth including the availability and distribution of freshwater. Different countries are endowed with different stocks of freshwater, and depending on their replenishment rate and usage rate, each has varying degrees of water scarcity that needs to be addressed. Below is a map by World Resources Institute that outlines the water stress by country, with 36 countries displaying an “Extremely High Stress (>80%)”, which means that “more than 80 percent of the water available to agricultural, domestic, and industrial users is withdrawn annually—leaving businesses, farms, and communities vulnerable to scarcity.” (World’s 36 Most Water-Stressed Countries).Therefore, wasting water in a country where it may appear water just magically comes out of the tap (i.e. Canada, the US, most developed countries), is wasting a precious, vital resource that millions (663 million, according to Water Facts: Facts About the Global Water Shortage) don’t even have clean, safe access to.Furthermore, in places where clean water is scarce, overusing or wasting household water limits the availability of it for other communities to use for drinking, cleaning, cooking, or growing - and thus contributes to disease, illness, or agricultural scarcity/starvation.You could tack on the economic incentive to save water as it means lower household water utility bills, one of the largest incentives for water-wise individuals or households to conserve water.Biocentrically, other species rely on freshwater besides humans as a vital component to their survival! Overuse of freshwater in household settings means there is less fresh water for agricultural use (which affects humans on an food scarcity level), but many livestock species rely on freshwater. Also, as we divert more freshwater from aquatic environments to supplement agriculturally, many plant and animal species are threatened or can become endangered. Despite our attempts to separate man from nature, we are indeed part of one ecosystem (the biosphere), and reliant on plants and animals; therefore sharing and properly managing our most precious resource is crucial.Ecocentrically, wasting water while our demand for water increases (as population and standards of living increase globally), means that we need to supplement for this lack of freshwater by pulling it out of aquifers or groundwater supplies in which their regeneration rate is lower than the extraction rate. This unsustainable practice decreases long term water security and availability.Furthermore, and almost most importantly, water takes a lot of energy, time, and money to filter and clean so that it’s drinkable. Wasting water or overusing household water means you’re wasting the energy-intensive process of filtration. The many steps of this process - extraction, transportation, filtration, etc. - require non-renewable fossil fuels and as these resources become depleted, their dangerous by-products such as carbon dioxide build up in the Earth’s atmosphere, contributing to your carbon footprint and the Earth’s rising temperatures.

E. F. SchumacherErnst Friedrich Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was a German-British statistician and economist who is best known for his proposals for human-scale, decentralized and appropriate technologies.Schumacher was born in Bonn, Germany in 1911. His father was a professor of political economy. The younger Schumacher studied in Bonn and Berlin, then from 1930 in England as a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford, and later at Columbia University in New York City, earning a diploma in economics. He then worked in business, farming, and journalism. His sister, Elizabeth, was the wife of the physicist Werner Heisenberg.Schumacher served as Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board from 1950 to 1970 and founded the Intermediate Technology Development Group (now known as Practical Action) in 1966.In 1995, his 1973 book “Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered” was ranked by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the 100 most influential books published since World War II. In 1977 he published “A Guide for the Perplexed” as a critique of materialistic scientism and as an exploration of the nature and organization of knowledge.

BJP is only promoting an age old demand to protect cow & cow family, which has been going since the time of Mahatma Gandhi. No religion prescribes cow slaughter. Cow has been an animal that provides holistic support to economy. Right from dairy to excreta outputs, all are useful in traditional, especially rural economy. This is not the same case with any other dairy animals or any other type of animals.Since independence, there has been a sustained effort to tamper indigenous cow breeds. This also resulted in farmers forced to depend on chemical fertilisers, pesticides & other inorganic farm supplements. Refer the radical change in farm produce & profitability use cases in the reference links for examples.Its congress first & then Lutyens media & many other parties joined the force to help chemical farm aids business & weakened the farmer over the ages. They also supported illegal slaughter house business creating unhealthy street food culture. Even common people are now carrying the poisons which enter the food chain and affect both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. These people are still bluffing the masses calling cow protectionism as religious issue or attack on choice of food and many beef lovers are falling pray to this propaganda.It is necessary to wake up & support the cow based farming. This would not only save farmers but also improve overall public health. Meat lovers can still enjoy buffalo meat or goat meat. We should also explore options like rabbit meat or deer meat by systematically breeding these animals so that meat industry doesn’t suffer & meat lovers continue to enjoy some assorted delicacies.References:This dairy farmer engineered his successHer success story began with just 1 cow - Times of IndiaMusthafa scripts a success story in dairy farming - Times of IndiaScientific cattle rearing Can Change the Life Style: Success Story of a Dairy Farmer of Chirakkakode Village‘White Revolution’ In Rural Maharashtra: Scripting success with dairy farming; salesman & a school dropoutEnvironmental and Health Impacts from Slaughter Houses Located on the City Outskirts: A Case StudyIn the flesh: Slaughterhouses ban sparks hygiene-business debate in Jharkhand - Times of India