Here in Portland, we are lucky to access abundant water supplies, that is drinkable straight from the tap. But increasingly around the world water supplies are being exploited, depleting either the quantity and/or quality of water sources. Recently, the UN posted a statistic stating By 2025, 1 800 million people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under stress conditions. Source: FAOThere is a website which approximately calculates your household's daily water usage - and the results will surprise you. We see our actual physical water usage - but there is a new concept called "virtual water usage" and this has the largest impact. This is calculated by our daily consumption of products which need water during production such as foods, electronics, and energy.
http://www.h2oconserve.org/?page_id=503 Take the quiz and discover for yourself how much you consume, and find some tips for conserving water - because even if you live in Portland, water is still a limited resource, and we do not want our own tragedy of the commons.
As an end note though, I am proud of my cities efforts - currently I wake up every morning to the sound of heavy machinery drilling and digging, and beeping down the street as they tear up the antiquated water mains and replace them, to prevent leakage - as part of a water conservation initiative in the city.
For those of you who are really interested, there is a book called "Blue Covenant" about the emerging water scarcity worldwide - which also evaluates the anthropological causes.
As always, Cheers and more to come,
Hilary
P.S. I'm excited to be going on a great three day adventure with my Mom and Dad this weekend. We're going to climb South Sister in Southern Oregon and spend some time on the hot rock at Smith Rock as well.
http://www.h2oconserve.org/?page_id=503 Take the quiz and discover for yourself how much you consume, and find some tips for conserving water - because even if you live in Portland, water is still a limited resource, and we do not want our own tragedy of the commons.
As an end note though, I am proud of my cities efforts - currently I wake up every morning to the sound of heavy machinery drilling and digging, and beeping down the street as they tear up the antiquated water mains and replace them, to prevent leakage - as part of a water conservation initiative in the city.
For those of you who are really interested, there is a book called "Blue Covenant" about the emerging water scarcity worldwide - which also evaluates the anthropological causes.
As always, Cheers and more to come,
Hilary
P.S. I'm excited to be going on a great three day adventure with my Mom and Dad this weekend. We're going to climb South Sister in Southern Oregon and spend some time on the hot rock at Smith Rock as well.
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