00:00Pakistan has just opened its first sponge park, and it works the way nature intended.
00:05Instead of letting rain rush away into drains, this park drinks the rain.
00:09It collects rainwater, filters it through layers of gravel, sand, and natural charcoal,
00:14and stores it underground to water green spaces and refill the groundwater below us.
00:19That means less flooding on our streets and more clean water saved for dry days.
00:23It follows Pakistan Water Week, where more than 1,100 people agreed to track real water results over the next
00:3012 months.
00:32Around the world, 2.2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water.
00:37Small ideas, repeated in every neighborhood, can change that.
00:41Let us catch the rain and keep it.
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