Conservation
Water conservation may not seem to be necessary in a state surrounded by water on three sides and filled with thousands of water bodies, but not all of the water is available for drinking or irrigation. Florida's public water supply is dependent on an underground aquifer that has collected water for millions of years. Inconstant weather cycles with abundant rain followed by drought can not replace the millions of gallons of water that are used daily by a growing population. Although Florida receives an average of fifty-five inches of rain per year, about sixty-five percent of that will evaporate. Only a relatively small percentage of total rainfall replenishes the ground and surface water supplies. It's up to all of us to conserve now and for the future.Like many things around us, we seldom appreciate what is plentiful and easy to obtain. What could be more plentiful than water? To get water all we do is just turn on the faucet twenty-four hours a day and it's there, ready to use. But think again, the water we use doesn't just magically appear. Treated water is a carefully manufactured product that appears in people's home only after traveling through many miles of distribution pipeline and lengthy treatm
When people conserve water, they also save on other services. When they use less hot water, there is less energy needed to heat that water, thereby reducing their electric bill. When people use less water, they also put less water down their sewer drains, thereby reducing their sewer bill and the amount of sewer that needs to be treated. So people can see, by implementing a simple conservation program, they are helping the environment by helping ease the burden on water storage, disinfecting, distribution and treatment facilities. Fixing leaks and installing a few inexpensive water-saving devices in a home could save someone more than thirty thousand gallons of water each year. Unless the house was built in the last few years, most homes have preconservation era plumbing that guzzles water. Leaks inside a home can waste up to two hundred gallons of water a day. If left unfixed for six months that means as much as thirty-six thousand gallons of water goes unused down the drain. Leaky faucets waste up to twenty gallons of water a day, and if it is hot water, you're wasting water and the energy required to heat it is wasted as well. Leaky faucets are usually caused by a worn washer or "O" rings and can be easily replaced. So retrofitting a home, fixing leaks and replacing old plumbing fixtures with water-saving ones, are a simple and easy way to protect our drinking water supply and at the same time save money. ent processes. It's a valuable resource that should not be wasted. As concern for our environment has increa
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