SlogansSave water slogans
A water slogan should be short enough to shout at a rally and clear enough for a child to explain. Most are our own lines, written for posters, banners and morning assembly. The well-known ones are grouped separately at the end.
World Water Day is observed on 22 March every year.
English
Close the tap. Open the future.
Save water today, or search for it tomorrow.
A leaking tap wastes more than water.
Use a bucket, not a hose.
Water is life. Do not pour life down the drain.
Catch the rain where it falls.
Think before you turn the tap.
No water, no us.
Little drops make full tanks.
Rivers do not come with refills.
Be water wise, not water sorry.
The cheapest water is the water you do not waste.
A full bucket today, a full well tomorrow.
Turn it off while you brush. That is all we ask.
Rain is free. Catch it.
The tap listens to your hand. Be kind.
Every drop you save is still here next summer.
Fix the drip before it becomes a flood of regret.
हिन्दी
बूँद बूँद बचाओ, जीवन को सजाओ।
नल खुला मत छोड़ो, पानी से नाता जोड़ो।
पानी की हर बूँद है अनमोल, समझो इसका सही मोल।
आज बचाओगे पानी, तभी बचेगी कल की कहानी।
वर्षा का जल संजोएँ, सूखे के दिन न रोएँ।
टपकता नल ठीक कराओ, हज़ारों बूँदें रोज़ बचाओ।
पानी बचाना है ज़रूरी, वरना ज़िंदगी रहेगी अधूरी।
बाल्टी से काम चलाओ, पाइप से पानी मत बहाओ।
नदियाँ हमारी शान हैं, इन्हें बचाना ईमान है।
बूँद बूँद की क़ीमत जानो, पानी को जीवन मानो।
टपकता नल आज ही सुधारो, आने वाला कल सँवारो।
बारिश का पानी सहेजो, धरती की प्यास बुझाओ।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਤੁਪਕਾ ਤੁਪਕਾ ਜੋੜੋ, ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਬਰਬਾਦੀ ਛੋੜੋ।
ਟੂਟੀ ਬੰਦ ਕਰੋ, ਭਵਿੱਖ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਕਰੋ।
ਟੂਟੀ ਬੰਦ ਕਰੋ, ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਦਾ ਫ਼ਿਕਰ ਕਰੋ।
ਮੀਂਹ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਸਾਂਭ ਲਓ, ਧਰਤੀ ਦੀ ਪਿਆਸ ਬੁਝਾ ਦਿਓ।
In common use (not written by us)
Every drop counts. Count yours.
जल है तो कल है।
ਪਾਣੀ ਬਚਾਓ, ਪੰਜਾਬ ਬਚਾਓ।
ਪਾਣੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗਾਨੀ ਹੈ।
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Where a water slogan works best
A water slogan does the most good at the point where water is used: above the school taps, beside the water cooler, on the society notice board near the pump timings, on the tanker, at the gate of a car wash. For rallies and prabhat pheris choose the rhyming Hindi or Punjabi lines, because a crowd can keep time with them. For a poster competition choose a line with a picture already inside it, such as a tap, a drop or an empty pot.
Write your own water slogan
Start from one action, not from "save water" in general. Close the tap while brushing. Fix the leak. Use a bucket in place of a hose. Water plants in the evening. Catch the rain. Then pair the action with what it protects: tomorrow, the well, the fields, your children.
- Useful English pairs: drop and stop, drain and rain, waste and haste, save and behave, pour and more.
- Useful Hindi pairs: पानी and ज़िंदगानी, जल and कल, बूँद and मूँद, बचाओ and अपनाओ, नल and हल.
- Useful Punjabi pairs: ਪਾਣੀ and ਕਹਾਣੀ, ਜਲ and ਕੱਲ੍ਹ, ਬੂੰਦ and ਮੂੰਦ.
Poster idea
Draw one large drop in the centre and put a small scene inside it: a child drinking, a green field or a bird at a bowl. Write the slogan above in thick blue letters and one action below in smaller letters. Leave white space around the drop. A crowded chart is hard to read from the judges' table.
What to avoid
- Numbers and statistics you have not checked. A wrong figure on a chart loses marks.
- Blaming one group, such as farmers, factories or cities. Water is saved by everyone or by no one.
Using these slogans
- On a poster, put the slogan in the largest letters and one simple drawing below it: a tap, a drop, a bucket.
- Add one action people can take: "Fix the leaking tap today."