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are you taking the drought seriously? wral’s david crabtree wants to know
Published Oct 15, 2007
Gov. Mike Easley has called for further cutbacks in water consumption by every North Carolina resident to conserve limited water supplies that, he said, will likely continue to shrink in the coming months. He stopped short of declaring an emergency but said that could happen if people don’t begin to be serious about water conservation.
We want to hear from you. Have you cut back water usage? If so, how? If not, why?
Would you seriously consider shorter showers? Have you thought of buying a rain barrel? Shaving with a minimum of water? Brushing your teeth with a minimum of water?
Should well water, from the water table, be banned from irrigating lawns? How concerned are you that water could be rationed by spring?
David used many of your comments in a story he produced over the weekend. Thank you for your feedback.
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That being said, we have found ways to save a considerable amount of water. We have cut our water consumption in half over the last few months. We now turn the water off during our showers while soaping up instead of letting the water run. Instead of letting water run down the drain while waiting for the dish water to warm up, we fill up a bucket and use it to water plants. The syphon old dish washing water and the kids bath water and used it on our plants outside. It is possible and prudent to use less.
GOLO member since April 3, 2008
April 3, 2008 5:28 p.m.
April 3, 2008 4:24 p.m.
What they need to do is stop allowing all of these apartment and condo/townhouse complexes! And quit handing out building permits like candy on holloween, at least until they find a solution!
There are also companies that install filtering systems for gray water. Installing them in large communities will cut down water usage.
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GOLO member since July 23, 2007
March 9, 2008 10:37 a.m.
GOLO member since August 2, 2007
March 9, 2008 3:29 a.m.
Look out the window - we have more water than we know what to do with right now. If we don't use it, whether to drink it, water lawns, or just let the hose run for no particular reason, it will just eventually flow downstream and be lost.
Conservation (whether water or gasoline) makes no difference at all. All it does is give the government and liberal activists another "crisis" to use as an excuse to expand their power and confiscate our wealth.
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