08-16-2013, 06:59 AM
H2O is the new gold. Utah is so messed up when it comes to water:
see below from this article:
[url "http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/02/08/utah-water-experts-issue-dire-warning-waste-less-water"]http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/02/08/utah-water-experts-issue-dire-warning-waste-less-water[/url]
Frankel told listeners gathered in WSU’s Wildcat Theater that only 25 percent of Utah’s municipal water use takes place indoors. Seventy-five percent takes place outdoors, mostly for landscape. And because use of secondary water is not metered, there is no penalty for wasteful and excessive watering.
“We could reduce outdoor water use by 25 percent without losing a single blade of grass,” Frankel said. “We don’t need to be afraid of running out of water. We are the most wasteful per capita water users in the United States, and it’s because of our cheap water rates.”
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see below from this article:
[url "http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/02/08/utah-water-experts-issue-dire-warning-waste-less-water"]http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/02/08/utah-water-experts-issue-dire-warning-waste-less-water[/url]
Frankel told listeners gathered in WSU’s Wildcat Theater that only 25 percent of Utah’s municipal water use takes place indoors. Seventy-five percent takes place outdoors, mostly for landscape. And because use of secondary water is not metered, there is no penalty for wasteful and excessive watering.
“We could reduce outdoor water use by 25 percent without losing a single blade of grass,” Frankel said. “We don’t need to be afraid of running out of water. We are the most wasteful per capita water users in the United States, and it’s because of our cheap water rates.”
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