{"id":16194,"date":"2020-01-22T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/why-save-water\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:17:51","slug":"why-save-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/why-save-water\/","title":{"rendered":"What does water cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">What is the cost of water? Why would you try to reduce these costs?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Clean water flows freely from the tap and is nice and cheap. Right? Unfortunately, climate change and pollution force us to change this perception radically. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/data\/aqueduct-water-risk-atlas-0\">World Resources Institute,<\/a> access to clean water the way we are used to won&#8217;t be tenable in about two decades. Cutting back on your water use is not just wise, but also financially interesting. Let&#8217;s find out what the real cost of water is.    <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text aligncenter is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15038 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-2048x1309.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/christian-dubovan-Y_x747Yshlw-unsplash-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does water cost?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you make an effort to save water, you&#8217;ll find you can save up to \u20ac1,21 per cubic meter of water in countries like The Netherlands. Large companies often pay less. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waternewseurope.com\/water-prices-compared-in-36-eu-cities\/\">Cost of water varies from country to country<\/a>. In Oslo, Norway, you are set back 5 euros per cubic meter of water &#8211; compared to 73 euro cents in The United States. The average costs for one cubic meter of water in Europe is \u20ac3,03.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With made blue, you can choose to give back a small part of those savings to ensure access to clean water in developing countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That only costs 33 cents per 1000 litres, so you have already earned it back five times over. Calculate what it costs to mirror your water consumption or water savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/one-litre-for-one-litre\/\">Use our calculation tool<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text aligncenter has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Plenty of water<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The Netherlands seems to have plenty of water available. We live below water level! Yet we are still asked to stop watering our lawns and gardens each summer due to drought. So something is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Climate change and population growth puts pressure to our sources of fresh water: rivers and (underground) basins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">The cost of producing drinkable water rise each year as pollution and salinization of the water increases. Its not likely this trend will change soon, so we need to take into account that this will continue to increase costs as well.  <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xbuitenkraan-aanleggen-klein.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MOTEyfjABd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15042 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xbuitenkraan-aanleggen-klein.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MOTEyfjABd.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xbuitenkraan-aanleggen-klein.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MOTEyfjABd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xbuitenkraan-aanleggen-klein.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MOTEyfjABd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xbuitenkraan-aanleggen-klein.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.MOTEyfjABd-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d23441aef850859110a2059843545d81\">Clean drinking water for all<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb734a35c53617ac3e80cdc5f48cbe96\">More than 700 million people still don&#8217;t have access to safe water. <br\/>We are the Made Blue Foundation and our mission is clean drinking water for all. <br\/>Will you help us achieve our mission? There are more ways to do this than you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-secondary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/\">See how you can contribute<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text aligncenter is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Why is lack of access to clean water problematic?\" class=\"wp-image-13928 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BR9091-2-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Water scarcity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Why save water? We can think of 703,000,000 reasons for that! That&#8217;s the amount of people who still do not have access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Collecting water takes up a large part of their days, which means they cannot go to school or work. The water is often polluted, resulting in many diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a larger scale, lack of access to clean water is a source of conflict between regions and countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/water-scarcity-a-major-future-problem\/\">Read more about water scarcity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:110px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-white-color has-lightgray-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:100px\">&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">Water scarcity is increasingly causing conflicts. Such as in Khuzestan, Iran: the province has literally dried up due to, among other things, the impact of dams elsewhere in the country and in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trouw.nl\/nieuws\/hoe-waterschaarste-conflicten-in-het-midden-oosten-voedt~b6a08bb8\/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\">Trouw<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-blue-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:100px\">&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"statistics-block_a1791017331bdb52d79aefb8cb4f8850\" class=\"wp-block statistics\">\n    <div class=\"blue-white-blocks\">\n        <div class=\"row  small-up-1 medium-up-2 xlarge-up-4 columns-4\">\n                                                <div class=\"column  \">\n                        <div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">33<\/span> CENTS<\/h4>\n                            <p>donation<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  \">\n                        <div>\n                                                        <h4>= <span class=\"counter\">1.000<\/span> litres<\/h4>\n                            <p>of drinking water in developing countries<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  \">\n                        <div>\n                                                        <h4>+ <span class=\"counter\">7<\/span> kgs<\/h4>\n                            <p>of CO2-emissions prevented <\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  \">\n                        <div>\n                                                        <h4>&#038; <span class=\"counter\">500<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p>plastic bottles or bags saved<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:110px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text aligncenter has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Hidden costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Saving water is not only useful, it also indirectly reduces a lot of costs. Obviously, you don&#8217;t pay for the water you don&#8217;t use. But you also save money on heating water for showering or doing the dishes. For example: in The Netherlands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nibud.nl\/onderwerpen\/uitgaven\/kosten-energie-water\/#Watergebruik\">a shower of around 8 minutes costs about 74 cents.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Making clean drinking water available in countries with acute water stress, you do much more than just that. You also reduce CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions, prevent plastic waste, and save trees from being cut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ae2fe186 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/why-the-best-water-for-the-world\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14698 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MADE-BLUE-Impactreis-Ethiopie-fotograaf-Anne-Harteman-45.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-30550\" alt=\"Smiling black african schoolboy drinking from a tap outside\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AdobeStock_506064486-klein-gespiegeld-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2883ae27ff3135e975df7631e101a9aa\">Contribute to our mission too<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4962b6484ed14208a948d678684b51f4\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">You can do so in more ways than you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n\n<div id=\"statistics-block_4b5bb72381865eb7ba7c49814b9adf6a\" class=\"wp-block statistics aligncenter\">\n    <div class=\"blue-white-blocks\">\n        <div class=\"row  small-up-1 medium-up-1 xlarge-up-3 columns-3\">\n                                                <div class=\"column  default\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Icoon doneer\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/127-MB-making-impact-FvdT-def.svg\"><\/div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">Make tangible impact<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p><\/p>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/donate\/\" title=\"Donate water now\" >Donate water now<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  white-bg\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon hotels\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/127-MB-hotels-FvdT-def.svg\"><\/div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">Save water in your hotel<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p><\/p>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/water-in-hotels\/\" title=\"Calculate your savings right away\" >Calculate your savings right away<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  lightblue-bg\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon restaurants\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/127-MB-restaurants-FvdT-def.svg\"><\/div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">Serve local water<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p><\/p>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/water-in-hospitality\/\" title=\"See what you can save on water\" >See what you can save on water<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"statistics-block_365867b79b452d592a190a49dc43a20b\" class=\"wp-block statistics\">\n    <div class=\"blue-white-blocks\">\n        <div class=\"row  small-up-1 medium-up-1 xlarge-up-3 columns-3\">\n                                                <div class=\"column  lightblue-bg\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kantoren icoon\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/127-MB-kantoren-1.svg\"><\/div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">Drink water at work<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p><\/p>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/water-at-work\/\" title=\"Tap chilled and sparkling water\" >Tap chilled and sparkling water<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  black-bg\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icoon bedrijven\" src=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/127-MB-bedrijven-FvdT-SDG6-def.svg\"><\/div>\n                                                        <h4> <span class=\"counter\">Offset your water use<\/span> <\/h4>\n                            <p><\/p>\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/madeblue.org\/en\/one-litre-for-one-litre\/\" title=\"Calculate the impact of your organisation\" >Calculate the impact of your organisation<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"column  default\">\n                        <div>\n                                                            <div class=\"icon-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"duurzame waterflessen\" 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