marlo capoccia wrote: > i'm curious as about why water conservation is important in an area > like ours. the only reason i can think of is to reduce the amount of > energy and chemistry used to clean the water to return it to the > lake.
Yep. My household water is pumped up from Bolton Point to the NYSEG building before flowing down here, then for a shower it gets heated, and then what's used flows down into the City of Ithaca's sewers. Less water use means less pumping, heating, and sewage processing. (The Village of Dryden has to replace its sewer plant - a ~$5 million project. Ouch! And septic tanks are their own set of challenges.) My garden water comes from a 270' well, though it doesn't require sewer, and I'm planning on looking into rainwater collection because I have to put new gutters on the house anyway. > is there something more here? even when our water tables were > high in this area people spoke about the importance of conservation, > so i get the feeling it isn't about the amount of water available. Drought's not a frequent problem here, but it does happen some years. Wells can be especially tricky. Yes, it's more important to refrain from dumping used motor oil in the ditch than to refrain from taking showers, but these aren't bad habits to develop. Thanks, Simon St.Laurent http://livingindryden.org/ _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
