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Water: Don’t lose it, reuse it! says commentary

Posted by: Maven on February 13, 2010 at 7:08 am

From the Huffington Post:

“It’s hard for many to process the fact that although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, we can only access about one percent as potable fresh water.

As awareness of a potential water scarcity grows, so does the global effort to reuse water traditionally used for everyday functions like bathing, flushing, cooking and cleaning. Purple pipe reuse programs are well underway that vastly reduce demand on potable water by replacing it with treated wastewater from commercial and residential locations everywhere, contributing to an impressive reduction of wastewater discharge into bodies of water and the subsequent environmental impact of pollutants.

Put another way, you wouldn’t grab another clean glass out of kitchen cabinet every time you wanted to take a sip of a cold beverage; you would simply wash out that glass and use again thereby saving your other glasses for another time. … “

Read more from Michael Deane at the Huffington Post by clicking here.

February 13, 2010 · Filed Under Recycled Water

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