Profanity and wasting water (was: Freaks and Geeks)

[susanmcgee48176]

> BTW, you said something in another post about water being a 
renewable
> resource. Maybe you haven't been to the desert Southwest, where our
> rivers seldom have water in them and our artesian wells are drying 
out
> and collapsing and have to be supplemented with Colorado River 
water.
> Wastewater can be "reclaimed," though much of it goes to waste, and
> the water that is "reclaimed" can only be used for irrigation, not 
for
> drinking and bathing. Remember the "hose pipe" ban in OoP? In severe
> droughts (as opposed to the normal drought that we're always
> suffering), people are fined for watering their lawns and encouraged
> to take showers only about twice a week. (No one is fined for 
breaking
> that "rule," of course, but water is a precious resource, and it's
> getting scarcer here as the population grows. Too bad Arizona 
doesn't
> have a coastline; maybe we could build a desalinization plant.
> 
> Carol, sorry to disagree with Kemper on two points in one post!
>


In fact, there is a worldwide focus on water crisis and water shortage
The availability of drinking water is not adequate to the world 
population and is shrinking. Water is now an important element in 
many political conflicts.

Susan