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cbabe

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7. Gotta start somewhere.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:47 AM

Aug 2021

Pools. Decorative fountains. Then lawns and car washes. Leaking plumbing. Then drip irrigation. Less water hungry crops like almond trees.

And food waste. And less water hungry beef.

Lots can be done. Like climate chaos/change. *If* people want to start somewhere.

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Small towns grow desperate for water in California [View all] TexasTowelie Aug 2021 OP

Water wars are here. not coming in the near or distant future, but HERE NOW. riversedge Aug 2021 #1

Doesn't have to be jimfields33 Aug 2021 #2

Shrinking resources will be the cause of migrations. Chainfire Aug 2021 #3

water wars have always been. AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #4

Moving from watery midwest, the thing that shocked cbabe Aug 2021 #5

A swimming pool uses less water Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #6

Gotta start somewhere. cbabe Aug 2021 #7

Like I said, pools don't use that much water once they are filled. Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #8