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4 Mar ’12
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KVR said
slightly disturbing visual
wow this one really sends the message
15 Feb ’12
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yeah, it's scary how little useable water we really have
15 Feb ’12
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Bolivia's second largest lake just disappeared
26 Nov ’15
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KVR said
yeah, it's scary how little useable water we really have
Its scary how little RESPECT we have for clean, potable water! Little things like letting the water run as one washes one's hands or brushes your teeth allows CLEAN water to go down the drain immediately becoming undrinkable. Likewise running water at sink to get hot. We catch that water in a gallon container and use it for clean (dog's water, cooking liquid, watering plants etc.)
We live in DRY California and this last year we started watering our garden with watering cans instead of using a hose. Its much easier to direct water to root areas as well as gauge how much water we are using. A bonus we hadn't realized was how nice it was to not have to drag and manipulate a hose around in the process.
There are so many alternatives to mindLE$$ use of this precious resource. Its one of those areas of human use that the old saying of "Waste not, want not." really has meaning.
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15 Feb ’12
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Rancho Mirage California, that's pretty startling
The California drought, and its deep-reaching consequences, was another critical story this year, and for us, one of the most awe-inspiring photographs was Damon Winters’ (#4) enterprising picture of properties surrounded by the desert in Rancho Mirage. Photographing from a high vantage point Damon told TIME he hoped to show “the extreme lengths we go to live, and live well, in a place that was not meant for us”.
26 Nov ’15
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Las Vegas is a PRIME example of this, not only in landscaping, but electrical use too. if - actually WHEN - the Hoover Dam silts up, not only will the water 'redirecting' change, all those light bulbs AND LEDs will 'die' from lack of power. Humans CAN live in some of the most inhospitable of places, but do we really want to or even need to?
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6 Oct ’15
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I feel very fortunate to have abundant water in my region.
Back in the 80's some politician in the southwest was proposing a levy of some sort to bring water from the Great Lakes to Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico...that would have started a new Civil War.
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