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Forcing people to drink toilet water must be good for the economy... :)
Seriously ... if they want to live in a near desert, annually suck the Colorado River dry, won't fork out for desalination plants ... I think it is a great idea, much better than their perennial favourite of "Canada's got lots, let's help ourselves".
The distilled sewage will be cleaner/purer than what they are drinking now. Have less flavour too if memory serves.
Up here on the wet coast most municipalities implement summer outside water rationing (garden/lawn/car washing/etc.). Yet if they implemented a grey water system (where tap water is recovered and then used in the toilets) water usage would shrink 40% and if all waterline leakage were eliminated they would save another 30% for a total savings of 70%. The shortage is not in the water it is in the imagination.
Thank you for letting my imagination runneth over ....
If you need to channel that energy and thoroughness in another direction (well, the same direction, actually), I'm sure there are some toilet related affiliate schemes out there (toilet seats? brushes? the world is your bathroom product!).
In Montréal, our infrastuctures are so obsolete, it is estimated we waiste as much as 50 % of the water in underground leaks. This is twice as much as most american cities. It would cost 371 millions a year to fix this, but no one wants to pay an extra 125 $ a year in taxes for that. It is known that about 20 % of water appliances (read toilets) in houses are leaking 24/7 all year long, but rubber washers are so expensive.
Québec city decrased water consumtion as much as 30 % in 2 single steps :
Now people are complaining it takes more time to fill their kettles and they can't wash their driveways anymore.
>>The shortage is not in the water it is in the imagination.
Maybe a shortage of education too. I believe as long we we dont put water meters in every home, some people will never care about it.
>>a brief estimate of how much of your day you spend trawling the net for toilet-related stories would be much apprechiated
Google alerts. Don't worry, I only save the cream and cut the c*** for you.
Google alerts.
I knew it! ;)
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Oh, the tragedy! Reminds me of the time I lost part of a deposit on an apartment, because there was dirt in the driveway when I moved out. Hello? It's not like you need to be able to eat off your driveway! Surely there are more interesting ways to waste time and water than washing the driveway (the phrase "hot tub" springs to mind...).
You once lived in Switzerland? ;)
>> You once lived in Switzerland? ;)
It's only partly a joke - I worked for a while in Geneva, and I often started my shift at 5am. I lived on the other side of the city to my workplace, so I had to drive through the city centre.
In Geneva, at 4.30am every morning, the municipal workers are out working - repairing any kinks in the tramway tracks so the ride remains comfortable for the passengers, washing the streets so no dirt shows, and in particular, scrubbing the white painted lines in the centre of the road to make sure they were sparkling clean for the morning traffic.
I somehow don't see this kind of thing happening in Montreal!
I somehow don't see this kind of thing happening in Montreal!
No, we make fresh new ones every morning since they usually get snorted during the night.
