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Shower thoughts are wasting water. (aussie.zone)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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My city is in the middle of the worst drought in recorded history. My showers are typically under 2 minutes and I have to shower with a bucket to catch otherwise wasted water to use to flush the toilet. I also shut the water down when I am wet enough so I can scrub myself without having unneeded water flowing then start it back up to rinse.

Plus, water is damn expensive!

Who here really has the time to stand, think and waste in the shower?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In my city the water comes from underground too. The problem arises when there is no rain and cleared land produces more runoff than absorbtion.

Coupled with heavy use by people ground water levels are reduced. This not only affects us but trees and plants that rely on these water levels will die off.

However, as the other commenter mentioned, normal citizen use and its affect on this is negligible. It's when you have industrial water extraction that is the real problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did the math for Socal the last major drought, and normal people using water was like 2-5% of the water usage. And that includes lawns and stuff. Farming was the vast majority of water usage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are there any Nestle water extraction plants in SoCal?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They typically over extract and under report too I heard.