Troubled Waters

Hello Everyone!

Just yesterday, I was looking at the current issue of "Good Magazine". Now for those of you who haven't *met* it, "Good" is basically a magazine for 20, 30, and 40 somethings who care about the fate of the world, but are too hip to admit it too earnestly. As it turns out the current issue deals with the world water crisis from many angles.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about that issue was the wide variety of points of view on water that were offered.

1) Sewage recycling technology-Thumbs ups!

2) Defense of high end bottled water: GRRR!

3) Ocean research-Thumbs up!

4) Conflict over water resources, including the fact that it could happen between two nuclear weapon owning countries: India and Pakistan.

5) Personal Water Conservation.

6) A recent crisis in Atlanta where the water supply nearly dried up, and the main action taken by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was to hold prayer vigils on the steps of the Capitol. (They don't call it the Bible Belt for nothing.)

7) Why the stillsuits in Frank Herbert's science fiction classic "Dune" probably wouldn't work.

8) The fact that any alien life on other planets will likely depend on water, and may even seek it from water rich planets such as ours-Actually my first sense that water is nothing to take for granted came from a science fiction series based exactly on that premise. And if you know what it is you are probably from the 80's too.

While looking at this is occured to me how much confusion there is over water issues and the sheer complexity of the problem. However one thing that comes across is that people generally want to help. In fact, one reader actually e-mailed me asking why water isn't rationed in the American Southwest. So I've decided to start my own list on global water saving tips.

What I'm not going to do is reiterate any of the "usual" tips ones hears whether they are conventional things such as turning off the faucet and getting a law that can survive on local rain. Nor suggestions such as grey water systems, toilets that use bath/handwash water, compost toilets, rainwater harvesting or other more drastic suggestions. I'm also not going to bring up the common suggestions such as eating less beef.

No, what I'm going to talk about are large scale rather than personal scale ways to prevent the wasting of water. Keep in mind that I'm certainly not putting down personal level conservation measures, but I simply don't want to repeat information that can already be found in many different places.
Nor are all my water related posts going to involve these tips, because some issues are more complex and I will expect my readers to look at them and draw their own conclusions.

I would very much like to here feedback on the tips among other posts, but remember you have to

At any rate stay posted for some novel water saving tips.

Say Goodnight Readers!