http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2007/02/19/the-insanity-of-urban-water-conservation/ Postings from Texas and around the world Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2007/02/19/the-insanity-of-urban-water-conservation/comment-page-1/#comment-35002 Kumar Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:27:52 +0000 http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2007/02/19/the-insanity-of-urban-water-conservation/#comment-35002 Saving urban water also saves energy needed for water treatment and transport (pumping), and for collection and treatment of wastewater, as well as the chemicals needed for treatment, and so reduces all the associated environmental impacts - impacts that agricultural water does not have. Saving relatively tiny volumes of urban water is not that silly when you take the full costs into account. http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2007/02/19/the-insanity-of-urban-water-conservation/comment-page-1/#comment-15371 Luke Moulton Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:24:09 +0000 http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2007/02/19/the-insanity-of-urban-water-conservation/#comment-15371 Kurt, although the math stacks up, in reality Australian agriculture is suffering greatly due to drought and an increase in water costs would only hurt farmers more. Targeting other industries would be more beneficial. In regards to domestic water savings - every little bit helps!