water wastage propoganda

I have a friend who works for the government on our water shortage problem. It turns out that only 8% of water consuption is for domestic use… 92% of our water is consumed by industry. It seems to me that taking shorter showers or drinking recycled waste water isn’t really an answer and just a ploy to get politicians elected and boost ratings for tv news. Water is used in the weirdest ways.

My friend was telling me it takes tens of thousands of litres of water to make a car and coal mining consumes heaps of water. In fact one crisis we face is getting water to our coal mines as the drought takes hold, because without water then coal production stops. Restaurants use heaps of water too… that’s why we have installed new caroma toilets – the basin is on top of the cistern, when you flush, the tap flows allowing you to wash your hands and the waste water drains into the cistern ready for the next flush.