By , National Radio Project
January 15, 2009
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From Australia to Arizona, it's become clear that humans are using water at an unsustainable rate. Many communities only respond with water restrictions during droughts, and in most cases development continues, making things worse.
On this edition, we'll take a look at three growing communities facing water shortages along with the pressure to grow. We'll hear their different approaches to finding solutions -- including denial
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Posted by: EinMD on Jan 15, 2009 8:41 AM
We all die.
Not a complicated question, really.
Though, there are ways to continue. Apparently there's a product called the Dragon-Fly that can distill up to 8 gallons of distilled, sanitized water a day from the air. So I suppose anyone can become a scruffy nerf herding moisture farmer for just $1400!
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Posted by: davidzet on Jan 15, 2009 9:38 AM
EVERYONE can have enough water if drinking water is free BUT water for lawns, driveways, etc. is expensive. Developers should pay the FULL cost of hookups AND mitigate water demand elsewhere...
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Posted by: davidzet on Jan 15, 2009 9:38 AM
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EVERYONE can have enough water if drinking water is free BUT water for lawns, driveways, etc. is expensive. Developers should pay the FULL cost of hookups AND mitigate water demand elsewhere...
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Conservation isn't enough
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Posted by: rickiey on Jan 15, 2009 6:11 PM
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Even with the most strict conservation efforts, even those that significantly reduce the the quality of life, we will still run out of drinking water, if we leave the making of it to nature.
But when you put a nuclear reactor on the coast, a byproduct of the process is the conversion of salt water to clean drinking water.
Imagine carbon-free electricity, and new rivers of clean water while getting rid of all that radioactive waste we currently have (by using it as fuel), all at the same time.
3 major problems with one stone.
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Simple, you learn the old native Indian methods of trapping water.
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Posted by: Jennifer Bedingfield on Jan 16, 2009 1:00 AM
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I remember that episode in that old kids show Mr. Wizards World.
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