More on water conservation; plug those leaks!

Rather than build new dams for reservoirs, following in the "we're all in this together" tradition, American Rivers is pointing out the significant water savings that could accrue by fixing personal and civic water infrastructure. A lot of water involved:

"The report estimates conservation could save up to 210 million gallons of water a day in Atlanta; 47 million gallons a day in Charlotte, N.C.; 20 million gallons a day in Raleigh, N.C.; and 27 million gallons a day in Columbia." (There's a problem here, though: one aspect of this is higher water prices. See the note about road pricing; we already accept monitors mounted on our homes which keep a detailed track of every drop of water we use, so if you open a car-wash in your driveway with bikini-clad cheerleaders, the county will notice your water use going up and charge you accordingly. Your neighbors might notice, too, which might lead to other problems. That partly depends on who your neighbors are.)

http://climate.weather.com/articles/waterconserve102301.html