What I didn't mention in my last blog is that Agriculture uses 81% of the water actually consumed in the U.S. See 2nd link in previous blog. This obviously means that agriculture dominates water usage and even a 10% savings could more than double the water available for domestic use.

What are some ways water can be conserved?

1. Increased use of drip irrigation instead of flooding the crops.
2. Permaculture methods to store, re-use, and recycle water
3. Have a vegetable garden in your backyard.
4. Eat lest meat

Eat less meat? Yes, according to  a UC study (See http://www.vegansociety.com/html/environment/water/ ) it takes almost 31 times as much water to produce a pound of beef (1680 gallons) as it does a pound of wheat (55 gallons). If we all stopped eating meat, the freshwater consumption by agriculture in the U.S. would go to.81*(.03), about 2.5%, leaving us a huge supply of available fresh water.

So enjoy lots of fresh fruit, have a big salad (without meat), and take another nice long bath.