IX Water Blog
We’re running out of clean freshwater! What can we do?
The population explosion is burdening the planet with more people than it can handle and provide everyone with a decent lifestyle. We will have 9 billion+ people on the planet by 2050. What’s a “decent” lifestyle? Being able to go to work and school because you have a source of clean water coming into your home, and you don’t have to hike four miles roundtrip every day for your water. What’s a “decent” lifestyle? Knowing that your child has safe water to drink and will not be one of the 6,000 that die every day from disease caused by contaminated water.
The (possible) end of the Colorado River
The temperature along Colorado’s Western Slope is rising twice as fast as the average around the world.
Hard to believe but true
Globally, 19% of withdrawals from our precious and dwindling freshwater resources are made for industrial purposes. Shouldn’t all factories, manufacturing, energy and energy resource extraction operations be cleaning their wastewater for reuse?
Most Bottled Water….is just Municipal Water
about half of all bottled water is actually just tap water which can contain lead, herbicides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, mercury, microbial parasites, and more.
Squam Lake
Recently, signs have been posted around Squam Lake advising very limited consumption of fish caught in the lake, due to high levels of PCBs. While these pollutants are not dangerous to people recreating in the water, they are affecting traditional life on this beautiful lake.
How much water does it take to make that cheese burger
Many people nowadays are making a valid effort to reduce their water waste. People turn off the sink when brushing their teeth and take shorter showers. Doing this for a year might save 2,400 gallons of water. But there’s theres a small, and healthy, change you can make to save so much more.