Having worked with water resources and reuse for years, I recall with (feigned) affection some of the terms used. In particular, water resources in the US are measured in acre-feet. Oh, I know, that is the amount of water needed to flood an acre of land with a foot of water.
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H2O Woes
What do fracking, copper mining, and concrete manufacture have in common? An insatiable appetite for water.
Water, Water, NOWHERE!
You know how I hate folks who tell me what they think is important and then do the opposite. (You know- Congress saying the issue is Jobs, Jobs, Jobs- and then vote on Obamacare more than 40 times; clients saying their bottom line is important- but don’t have any key performance indicators that can let them know if they are even making a profit…) Or, the World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland, 2013) declaring that water risk is one of the four most important issues affecting businesses for this century.
It’s coming- to a faucet near you. (Hopefully, not too soon!)
Roy A. Ackerman
About every 10 years, this comes up again. But, at least over my lifetime, it never seems to get very far. Water reuse.
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