Water is so expensive here I take dry showers and wash my car with hand sanitizer :D
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Water is so expensive here I take dry showers and wash my car with hand sanitizer :D
Fireball's cheaper than H20 in CaliQuote:
Originally Posted by Hotboat
CH3NO2
That's why I don't drink water, can't afford it. Fireball is a economical replacement :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stainless
I don't need water for grass lawn, rocks are great, but I need water so they can make beer.
Our water bill stays around $80-90. We have desert landscaping in the front and about 1100 sqft of grass in the backyard. 5 people in the house.
Last article I read said Vegas would run out of water no less than 7 years after Mead could not pump out water to Ca.
I can't believe the amount of water that's pumped out West, don't they know the place is a desert.
The residential use of water is very small compared to agriculture. People can get all the drought friendly plants they want, but even if all residential cut their usage in half, it wouldn't make much difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by 314joey
True, CA is arid/desert. But, the central valley is some of the best farming land in the world. At one time, it was not a desert and the central valley wash very lush, and is why it is so fertile. Agriculture is CA's largest industry by far.
As far as water to boat on, the Big Blue is always an option. But, the rest of the water ways are threatened more by regulatory limitations to boating, than the actual lack of water to boat on.
Also, you will hear things like "No body contact" and people seem to think that is required for drinking water resevoirs to keep it clean. It has NOTHING to do with keeping the water clean, but they don't mind you thinking that it does....makes it sound like you couldn't win a legal fight. But the reality, "No body contact" has to do with insurance and liability. An example I like to give is Irvine lake (where they often have a v-drive regatta) and everyone is told "No body contact". But, there is a waterski and wake board club that operates at that lake....wtf? OH...they have their own insurance.
Also, the water districts are having major failures of pipes that are 100+ years old, and they have now had a loss of water thru breakage that is equivalent to what the residential sector uses in a year (In Los Angeles).
Desalination is the future. We won't run out of water in CA.
I don't have a water bill...I'm on a well. And, I'm in no danger of my well drying up because a new reservoir (Diamond Valley - one of So Cal's largest reservoirs) is perking into my aquifer. There is a natural spring right next to my house, and the park down the street constantly has problems with ground water accumulating. I have neighbors a couple miles away whose wells did dry up, and there was a lawsuit against the water district as it is a direct result of the reservoir pulling from their aquifer, so they have a water station that the residents get free water at.