Liz Clark with a good cause that needs some support, a woman ashore with water problems, and another moment of clarity...
That woman with the crazy water bill got me thinking about how we handle resources on land and water. Apparently what she should be paying is about $115 a month for water use akin to 4500 gallons a month (150 gallons a day).
Wow, that's a LOT of water!
Most folk I know on boats tend to be a bit frugal where water is concerned and, I expect, on "So It Goes" we're a bit more frugal than most but not manic.
The scary thing is water is a finite resource any way you look at it... At sea on passage it's obvious that there are no stand pipes sitting in mid-Atlantic waiting for you to top up if needful. Rain is not always there when you want it (though apparently always there when you don't), and watermakers can fail. Folks on boats know that so they're careful.
On land, water is just as much a finite resource. It's just no one seems to think so and sooner, rather than later, folks are going to look back and marvel at how folks used a 150 gallons a day...
Listening to Bahamas (who just may be my current favorite band)
So it goes...
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