Monday, October 29, 2007
News Start your Monday off right with depressing water news!
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 2:33 PM
The water crunch Georgia's facing? The Associated Press writes that it's becoming a national problem. The article provides a thorough rundown of where our fair nation stands in terms of providing a diminishing supply of water to a growing population.
In Georgia news regarding the water crisis: Bottled water sales are up, even though the people selling them are saying their water sources are secure. Alabama wants construction of a man-made lake in Cherokee County close to completion and sanctioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be halted, SnuggleScribe Jeffry Scott reports. Governors from the three states embroiled in the decades-old "Tri-State Water War" will meet Thursday in Washington. Gov. Sonny Perdue has ordered the state and permit holders to reduce their water use by 10 percent, and Alpharetta ... come on, Alpharetta.
Click here to view a Washington Post story with an accompanying aerial photo that hammers home the low levels of Lake Lanier.
Conserve, folks. This drought may last awhile, and now's a good time to evaluate just how much water you really need to get through the day.
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Dear Friends in Atlanta, Everyday my heart pains for the water crisis you are in. The first time I felt this was when in LA in 1984 I heard of the pending "lapse of the City's contract for drawing water from the Colorado River". Since that time I have been hearing the warnings of our nation's current water situation in all the many voices of environmental concern. I moved to Atlanta in 2000 and became familiar with the plight facing the Chattahoochee, Lake Lanier, and all the people depending on it from Dalton to the Gulf. In 1986 I traveled to Japan and witnessed some very clever water conservation ideas. The one that stuck out was a sink connected to the toilet. After each flush, as fresh water began to refill the toilet for the next flush, a portion of that fresh water flowed through the sink for hand washing, and then drained to the bowl (not the tank) for the next flush. It was brilliant! Instant hygienic, space, and conservation benefits, simple and effortless. Upon returning to the US I began my quest to deliver such a sink to our country. I was able to patent and develop a product called "SinkPositive". It can now be purchased on-line at www.sinkpositive.com for $89 + S&H. I had the sink on display at Atlanta's Earth Day Festival in Grant Park, GA Tech & UGA this year. I want to bring the water saving benefits of the sink to Atlanta and I am willing to work out a special discounted price and commission for anyone who can help. Sincerely, Carl Brown
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