Water conservation yea or nay?

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Robusta

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Looking for point of views, I guess. On the washer thread below I hold that water conservation is not an issue in my area;nvtribefan holds that water conservation is a worldwide goal.

Where I live in upstate NY we receive on average 35" of precipitation annually. We are already at 33" this year.

I contend that I use almost zero water. I take my water from my personal well. I bathe, cook, clean, and irrigate the garden with it. The water then goes into my septic system,where it is percolated through my leach system and absorbed into the ground. This water is filtered and cleaned by the natural strata and ends up in the lake.

Other than what I ingest and what is evaporated, 100% of my water is back in the system and available for use within weeks.

I am assuming that nvtribefan is from an arid locale, possibly/probably using water from a subterranean aquifer. In this case water conservation is laudable and should be mandated.

Just wondering what other opinions may be on this and other conservation issues.

I misspoke?typed on the washer thread, Mine is a front loader that sucks, not a top.
 

We, too, live in an area that has ample rainfall, normally, and we too have a well and septic system. Water supply is not a problem here, but that is increasingly rare in many locales. Those living in the desert SW have to rely on ample snowfall in the Colorado Rockies for their water supply. Lake Powell and Lake Mead have been increasingly stressed in recent years, as the Colorado snowfall has been low, and the increasing populations in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas are creating more demand. Globally, there are well over a billion people who have limited access to clean water, and that number is only going to rise. Clean water is becoming the "new gold" in many parts of the world.
 
I live in the desert and water conservation is quite important here. During the summer, the days and times during which you can water (or wash your car) are restricted and you can get a fat ticket for wasting water by letting it run into the street or for "watering the cement," i.e., letting your sprinklers sprinkle sidewalks or the street.
 

I'm torn.
I can't swallow water conservation being a 'local' issue or not. Water doesn't recognize or obey boundaries.
I also don't believe 'wasting water' is even possible. You're just putting clean water (that you paid for) back into the water cycle. Like taking a book off a shelf and putting it on another shelf.
Water pollution is a world-wide problem because water is world-wide; there's only so much water in the world and the world needs a given amount of non or un polluted water.
 
Where I live water is metered and you pay for it even though it is plentiful. So naturally you try to save money any way you can by collecting rainwater or other methods like low flush toilets.

Wahing your own car now seems to be a thing of the past.
 

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