Potable Water

 08.24.2022

Don't want to bore y'all, but I think we all know that not everyone has clean drinking water. But before we get too far, has your community planned for water and our future water needs? Just checking.

Can you think of a time when water conservation was important? HINT: It's now.

From the Mayo Clinic: How much water should you drink each day? It's a simple question with no easy answer.

Studies have produced varying recommendations over the years. But your individual water needs depend on many factors, including your health, how active you are, and where you live. 

Pretty much all teens & adults know than a person can't go much longer than 3 days without water on average. Your body depends on water to survive.

It's broadly recommended that an average woman needs to consume about 11 cups a day, and men about 15 cups a day. Variables like size & exercise, sweating, certain food intakes, and climate make a difference. If you're thirsty, drink water. Cold drinks, tea, coffee, and other liquids you consume can add to your daily intake too, but be aware of their detrimental effects. Sugar, alcohol, caffeine, or additives can work against you. Duh.

I had a girlfriend in junior high and she lived less than 2 miles away. I'd ride my 10 speed over there almost every day, and soon as I hot there, the first thing I'd ask for was a glass of water. And I even had a water bottle mounted on my bike. It wasn't long before her dad just called me Camel. I think that after a while, he was convinced that that was my real name. Never called me anything else. 

I have a long lived love affair with water. Always by my den chair, on my nightstand, always in a car, or on my toolbox, or in my office. I can't be too far away from a drink of water. I can miss a shower these days, brush my teeth with no water, but what about coffee? I'd freak slap out. So spoiled. 

So the Flint, Michigan, water horrors. Some of those stories, mainly hurting our less fortunate folks that struggled to stay above the poverty line, were at the mercy of their own ingenuity, or outside assistance. It's heartbreaking. Those poor folks. Hopefully, things have gotten better for them.

Lake Mead has been in the news lately. It's a pretty big lake, or was. Farmers having to beg for rationed amounts for their crops. People are rationing. The Western States are in a pickle. But don't fool yourself. Remember the Mad Max movies. It can happen anywhere. And I'm only speaking about these United States.

Ok, not trying to be alarmist, but just wagging my finger at those that haven't been paying attention. So please, please, pay attention. What if our precious resource was threatened?

#thinkatthesink

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