Monster
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I have a ROWPU in my house. The filters are pricy but the water is good.
Do you live in LA county? As a Californian, you know that everywhere you turn, someone is telling you to conserve water. My mother even put in an artificial lawn in her backyard, and let her avocado and lemon trees die in an effort to conserve. Everyone has done such a great job at conserving water, that guess what the water district decided to do? Raise rates!!! We've cut our water usage so much that now their revenues are too low, so now they're making everyone pay. Congrats, you did such a good job at conserving water, now we're gonna raise the rates on you. LOL!
Do-able? Of course. Not just groundwater recharge or recycled water but RO Desal.
What you run into is the cost of it. That when you have problems. No one wants to pay for it. Even if you somehow got everything public sector to take a paycut to fund that you'd still need to raise taxes to pay for it--even if the engineering was quick and solid for designing it and the distribution networks and the constructing was smooth and under-budget.
Although recycled water is kinda a hard sell to squeamish american taste buds. Yes, we have the technology to produce treatment/recycle facilities that can make raw sewage completely safe and potable. Getting your average person to buy off on going Bear Grylls as a nation (even though we're all drinking recycled dinosaur piss right now), that's hard to do.
It's not just politicians, it's the people as well...after all, where do the politicians come from? Who votes for them?Sure there is a cost. A lot of cost. But there is so much money wasted on other stuff that it is ridiculous. What this state(Cal) doesn't do is plan for stuff that actually solves problems. Take the so-called "bullet train" which our jerky jerry governor wants as his legacy. That is never going to happen yet they've already spent billions on something that isn't even needed.....Certainly not as much as having state wide water availability for people, businesses, and especially agriculture. California could be so rich in agriculture that it could feed the entire world and not make a dent in its potential. But instead we let fresh water go uncaptured and run-off into the oceans. Why? And you are right about desalination. All we need is economy of scale to do it properly. We have technology right now that can make this happen. We have people and industry to make this happen. What we do not have are government folks who can make this happen with cooperation with businesses, banks, and the workforce.
No....I am in Northern Ca but they are doing the same thing here. We keep a bucket in the shower to catch the water and use it to water what few plants we have left. Not sure if they have raised our rates yet though. Good question to ask the wife. Got the ole brick in the toilets as well.
You can't be a person who thinks about conservation because you are just an old racist white guy. Old racist white guys think of nothing but keeping the poor, oppressed, and minority's down. How dare you.
I'm sorry. If anyone is interested in collecting rainwater for later use, there are many web sites which literally show you how to do it. You are only limited by the size of the cistern or number of rain barrels. I use the water collected to essentially water all my plants and trees in my back-yard with any excess going into the swimming pool.
Yeah, this old racist white guy collects water, collects sun, and drives a plug in car.