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Carlos Costa - My Thoughts
Water Conservation Begins at Home
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We on average use up to 260 liters (57 gallons) of water on average every day. A family of four uses an average of 1160 liters (255 gallons) each day. Compare this with the tank for an oil-burning furnace, which holds about 909 liters (close to 200 gallons), and multiply this demand by the population in your city or community. The demand is enormous.

On top of that, add the water used outside our homes in manufacturing products and in producing food for us to eat. And don't forget the implications of product manufacturing for water quality.

How does production relate to water quality? For example, manufacturing plants and energy-generating facilities produce the emissions responsible for acid rain -- killing lakes and wildlife. And your week-end newspaper doesn't only represent trees, energy and water -- it also represents effluent discharged into waterways from pulp and paper mills. Each of us, when we buy a product, bears part of the responsibility for its environmental costs.

What more can I do?

Write to individual manufacturers and tell them

1.you want phosphate-free cleaning products;

2.urge manufacturers to produce alternative products for home use that reduce and preferably eliminate environmental hazards. Write to manufacturers' associations with the same concerns.

Urge your federal government's Environmental Choice Program to create guidelines for a water-saving device category.

Tell your local government that water conservation is critical. Tell them to carry out aggressive public awareness campaigns and do their part, after all we elect them to keep things in order and what is more important then the water we drink?

May 2, 2009 | 4:40 PM Comments  0 comments

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