So you know the news must be big if Drudge links to it! Check out this article in the LA times on LA City’s plan to provide for the expected 15% increase in water consumption between now and 2030: LINK.
I’m not sure what reports the city staff looked out to create its proposal, but I sure hoped they looked at this report put out by the pacific institute: http://www.pacinst.org/reports/urban_usage/
Report findings/description: “Despite the progress California has already made in improving water efficiency, “Waste Not, Want Not” estimates that up to one-third of California’s current urban water use — more than 2.3 million acre-feet — can be saved using existing technology. And at least 85% of this savings (over 2 million acre-feet) can be saved at costs below what it will cost to tap into new sources of supply and without the social, environmental, and economic impacts that any major water project will bring.”
So, I guess it is great that we are thinking about water, but we need to keep our focus on three key words: Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency. Only when we’ve exhasted our simple efficiency options should we be rattling the community with discussions of toilet-to-tap.
