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"Pure Opinions"
Water Conservation
Evidence is mounting for an approaching water crisis. Big questions loom: will there be enough safe drinking water for the planet's 884 million people, for agriculture and flourishing biodiversity, for sanitation and waste disposal? But most importantly how can we ensure there is?
Internationally water issues are hotting up. India is proposing a dam on the Barak River that would substantially reduce water into Bangladesh - potentially drying up two rivers with drastic environmental effects. And Iraq is worried about the effects of a huge dam on the Turkish side of the Tigris river. Control of water resources has become a potential future flashpoint.
At home the Kapiti Coast District Council have finally started thinking about water conservation. The 2007 local body elections delivered a new council who have inherited a blank slate on the subject. Years of procrastinating and denial about water conservation on the Kapiti Coast have only produced such advise as not using sprinklers at certain times of the year and not lighting fires...
The Kapiti Coast is historically one of those areas with high winter and spring rainfall, but not much rain in summer. That precious water pouring out of the sky as I write, needs to be collected.
Which is why every new house design must include a blue water (rainwater) collection tank for drinking water and/or the garden before building consent is granted, and a grey water (polluted or used water from washing machines, dishwashers, showers etc) system too.
KCDC are in the process of developing education programmes, and we think this should be extensive - pertaining to all the areas of water use in our lives: the bathroom, kitchen, laundry, and the outdoors - and as detailed as how we wash our hands or our cars, water our plants, and mulch our gardens.
We can only hope our councils and governments are looking after the big picture, but we can certainly be conscious of our own water use and adjust it as necessary.
Posted by Robert Glensor on 12th October, 2009 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks
Tags: Kapiti Coast, water conservation The trackback URL for this page is http://www.purebread.co.nz/trackback?post=15898904 TrackbacksThere are no trackbacks for this post populationIf there are only 884 million people in the world as you state what is the problem? Posted on 30 June, 2010 by murray b Post a CommentHTML is not allowed in comments, http://... will be automatically linked.
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