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Some interesting water facts
At least interesting to me.
I live in a subdivision where we own our own Municipal Utility District (MUD) whereby we provide our own water and disposal. As a result of increasing state taxes on surface water we had a new well drilled to tap into the Catahoula Aquifer. This well was drilled to a depth of approximately 3,000 feet which seems very, very deep to me.
As a side note, the city of Houston, Texas consumes 460 million gallons of water PER DAY! Note, this is only the city itself and not the surrounding 3 million people in the metro area.
Just think how lucky we are to have the ability in this country to tap into the quantities of fresh clean water needed every day.
I live in a subdivision where we own our own Municipal Utility District (MUD) whereby we provide our own water and disposal. As a result of increasing state taxes on surface water we had a new well drilled to tap into the Catahoula Aquifer. This well was drilled to a depth of approximately 3,000 feet which seems very, very deep to me.
As a side note, the city of Houston, Texas consumes 460 million gallons of water PER DAY! Note, this is only the city itself and not the surrounding 3 million people in the metro area.
Just think how lucky we are to have the ability in this country to tap into the quantities of fresh clean water needed every day.
Deo Vindice
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Sounds great.......but uses a ton of energy and what do you do with the brine? Hope you're ready to use a lot less water and pay more for it.
Other choices will be?
Sell the brine or make salt. Water is currently almost free, how much do you really need a day. Desalination is preferable to saltwater intrusion.
Latest figure I heard is the average in the U.S. is 50 gallons per day per individual. Where is Water Engineer he would know.
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Personally I chose to conserve when reasonable, at least I consider reasonable, other folks conserve a lot more (beyond what I think is reasonable). On the other hand my lawn isn't near a pretty as my neighbors because that's one area that I conserve.
Closer to 100 gallons a day.
If people would stop irrigating their lawns eighteen times a week we might be in better shape from a conservation perspective.
K
My grass gets no water from me
I shower in under 5 min.
My vehicles are lucky if they get washes twice a year.
But I do flush errytime I pee in the toilet.
But hey, wait for inflation to inflate before building the desalination plants.
Good lord, 100 gal/day per person. That is almost 2 drums. Perhaps I have worked abroad too much, but that amount seems extreme.
Xirescape your **** yard, hell the vast majority on this forum can EASILY afford it.
You are correct 80-100 gal /day. The largest part is flushing toilets.
The one I read about in CA pumps the salt back into the ocean creating a dead zone from all the salt going back in the ocean.
We have video and know, your local NSA rep, arch your back a bit more to get over the property boundary. Xeriscape is not necessary at your pad, some hygiene would be appreciated.
Ok....
But does your dog do it also????:dog
You have a Cat in your Avatar, now we do promote sexual activity, but good lord a cat?
lmao I was ejected from a pad in Peru, I found my cat 2 years later in Ecuador, crazy as crap
Cick **** Rock Fish. :wink
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Former Mini Mart Magnate
I am just here for my amusement.
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Don't you worry about the sprinklers on the side of the road, they don't have to follow any rules that are placed on you.
Is that post supposed to make any sense?
Just saying the state can impose rules on you that the state doesn't have to follow.