Re: [pf] Water

>In a message New Years' Eve 12/31/00 2:42:50 PM, davd@ihug.co.nz said:
>· We _do_ drink water off our roof, and have done, as a family, for 
>21 years (I've drunk rainwater off the roof for most of my life).
>
><< Siegfried Kirchmair posted to: GreenViews-NZ, with Subject: [GV]Water :-
>  Coming from the Austrian mountains we are used to drinking water and now
buy all the water we use for drinking & cooking. In my view water is the
most important element we need to live. 
>  To drink rainwater from the roof which is polluted with roof-paint,
birdshit etc. is not an option for me. ...
>  Of course I can see that it is a waste of resources to supply daily an
average of 500 liters of high quality drinking water to every household
when in fact only 10% are needed for human consumption, dishwashing etc.
and 90% is wasted for toilets, carwash, sprinkling the lawn etc. >>
>
>
At 07:43 17/1/2001 -0800, bob banner wrote:
>
>here are some interesting facts for y'all.
>
><< ... There never will be more water — nor will there ever be new water —
from now until the world ends. ...
>   Thailand’s Public Health Ministry tells rain collectors to wait an hour
after a shower starts because the rain in industrial areas is as acid as
tomato juice. 
>  “2/3 of all cancers — to humans — may be attributed to low level toxins
in our drinking water.” — Federal Council on Environmental Quality
>  “60% to 90% of human tumors are environmentally induced. Pure water
would eliminate 80% of all world illnesses.” — World Health Organization
>   Fluoride is a toxic substance, which in small quantities can kill
vegetation, fish, mussels, crab, shrimp, cattle. Read the warning on your
typical toothpaste tube! 
>   Sun Belt Water, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, had an agreement with
British Columbia to ship water in tankers. When Canadians learned about
this, they enacted a moratorium. Sun Belt then sued under NAFTA’s Chapter
11 ...>>
>

· Now, in the early morning (5:48 a.m.) on Thurs 18 Jan 2001, after an
unusually wet mid-summer January (so our water-tank is full), I'm asking:

 how many on Pos Fut are living far enough out of a city that, in an
emergency, they could drink the water off their own roof, perhaps after
boiling it first)?

· Of course, there is a much larger number (everyone who owns their own
roof, and space outside to put a 2000 gallon tank) who could collect
rainwater for flushing the toilet, clothes-washing, watering the garden
etc. Provided you had the pump and separate piping installed.

David.
(David MacClement) davd@ihug.co.nz 
http://www.geocities.com/davdd.geo/index.html#top
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