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Why Conserve Water?

Fresh water is a scarce resource, only 1% of the water on this planet is usable.  A recent government survey showed at least 36 states are anticipating local, regional, or statewide water shortages by 2013.  By using water more efficiently, we can help preserve water supplies for future generations, save money, and protect the environment. We use up our fresh water supplies faster than they can be replenished through household consumption, landscaping needs, agricultural uses, factory-farming needs, and commercial and industrial uses.

By Conserving our precious resource, you’ll:

 1. Reduce your water and sewer bills.
 2. Reduce the burden on water treatment plants, distribution systems,
    and septic systems.
 3. Reduce the amount of energy needed to treat and distribute water,
    so that fewer harmful by-products will be emitted from power plants.
 4. Reduce the need to build more water treatment plants and to drill
    new community wells.
 5. Have fewer public sewage system failures caused from excess water
    overwhelming the system.
 6. Have healthy, rather than depleted and dried up, natural pollution
    filters such as downstream wetlands.
 7. Reduce water contamination caused by polluted runoff due to
    over-irrigating agricultural and urban lands.
 8. Reduce the need to construct additional dams and reservoirs or
    otherwise regulate the natural flow of streams, thus preserving
    their free flow and retaining the value of stream and river
    systems as wildlife habitats and recreational areas.
 9. Reduce the need to construct additional water and wastewater
    treatment facilities.
10. Eliminate excessive surface water withdrawals that degrade habitat
    both in streams and on land adjacent to streams and lakes.

This is a guest post by Joyce Benson, writer & editor of GreenStrides and owner & lead green consultant of GreenStrides Living.

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