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"Unquenchable" Water Crisis Interview

Recently Nursery Management & Production, a nursery industry magazine, carried an interview with Robert Glennon, author of a new book on national water issues.  In his book, Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It, Glennon writes that he expects the current water crisis in the West will eventually become a national crisis.  As evidence he points to Tennessee recently needing to bring water from Alabama and Lake Superior reaching such a low level that cargo ships were unable to access certain ports.

This is an interesting interview, and covers some very interesting points on water use around the country.  For example, even though overall water use is down nationwide, the fastest growing populations are in areas that are experiencing water issues.  Also interesting is how industry has been working to reduce water use and the success of companies such as Intel.  Take a few minutes and check out the interview

No More Geysers(NMG) is a sprinkler riser with an internal shut-off valve. When a sprinkler head breaks off, NMG automatically shuts off the water at the break. NMG stops the “lawn geysers” we have all seen; so it conserves water by avoiding water loss when a sprinkler head gets broken off, and it lowers the risk of property damage and liability caused by water flowing out of the sprinkler system.

California Sends Delegation to Australia to Study Water Conservation

California taps Australia's expertise in coping with drought

The Press-Enterprise

The Press-Enterprise reports that California recently sent a group of 10 representatives to Australia to study how that country has dealt with its ongoing drought conditions. The Land Down Under has suffered through 13 years of the driest weather on record, as well as rising temperatures. The California delegation wanted to find out what Australians have been doing that could be used to deal with the state's ongoing water problems.

Measures such a rainwater tanks, dual-flush toilets, and desalination are common in Australia, and have helped to lower per-capita use to 40 gallons per day. Compare that to the estimated 200 gallons per person each day in California. Wendy Martin, drought coordinator at the Department of Water Resources noted that there was much that could be learned about water conservation.

For the complete article, click here.

There is no question that conservation is important. One easy way is to prevent water loss due to broken sprinkler heads with the No More Geysers riser.

Recycled drinking water gives new meaning to bottoms up!...lol Not sure how I feel about drinking recycled water.

San Diego,Ca- Found this article on recycled water. Wow! I am not sure how comfortable I feel about drinking recycled water. The reality is that a  lot of the water we already buy is heavily filtered so it will probably taste pretty familiar. Comically enough it will most likely taste better than our tap water.

Recycled drinking water gives new meaning to bottoms up!-by Vicki Godal, LA Green Life Examiner
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I think that at some point knowing what we know about water conservation that this is a forgone conclusion. But before we spend all that money in a recycling plant we can save a ton of water with simple conservation and of course the No More Geysers Riser...=) www.NoMoreGeysers.com

The No More Geysers Riser a highly effective water saving device that retrofits into an existing sprinkler system. When a sprinkler head is broken the riser will shut off the flow of water at the break maintaining the integrity of the system stopping the typical geysers and saving thousands of gallons of water. Got Geysers? don't want them call 619-437-9222.

"Greenversations"The EPA has a blog....Cool

Greensversations is the US Environmental Protections Agencies actual blog. Covering everything from frogs, water conservation and more. It's a great blog that speaks to the science and the events that the EPA is covering.

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