There is an old adage: "waste not, want not." The concept of parsimony is an American value, with roots as far back as the pilgrims and as current as the Great Depression. Many of our parents and grandparents made a point not to waste the whole day after day: no food, no money, no time. This is not the case in today's world of disposable everything, especially not with water.
David Engle, wrote in the July / August 2010 issue of water efficiency, a surprising noteStatistics by EPA for use on water. Every day, Americans pump and piping 7000000000 liters of water in nature, especially for plants and lawns. This corresponds to a lake of 450 acres 50 feet deep - every day! Much of this irrigation is done automatically by what EPA estimates to be controlled to 13.5 million such checks. These systems include not only homeowners, but also systems of cities and communities to use water parks and green spaces.
Control systems for irrigation are still under development and therefore notsurprising that many of these systems do not control for time wasting as much as 20% of this water. If you answer the automatic sprinklers during or immediately after rainfall in mind that you discovered such a system. The waste is two-fold in water most of this water is treated.
The amount of water in the discussion is just a small fraction of this nation to use water every day. Even if every drop counts, is much larger role in the mentality of wasteit shows. We acknowledge the use of water to keep things green and do not mind the waste. The nice thing to think, though, is that they can change!
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