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why isnt it used more widely? because it's cheaper to just suck water out of the ground?
by dajohnson89 7y ago
why isnt it used more widely? because it's cheaper to just suck water out of the ground?
- noir_lord 7y agoPretty much. It's expensive on a like for like basis but not in an absolute sense. I think my water costs me about £16 per month for 3 of us (me, partner and step-son), if that doubled I wouldn't even notice it set against our other outgoings, We are just very used to very cheap clean water in developed countries (and also very used to wasting vast amounts of it). Israel doesn't just desalinate a lot of their water but they are masters are conserving it's use (they are so good at drip-agriculture that their experts are showing other countries experts how to scale it up) of course drip-agriculture has it's own issues.
- wott 7y ago> I think my water costs me about £16 per month for 3 of us (me, partner and step-son), if that doubled I wouldn't even notice it set against our other outgoings, For the same kind of household, our yearly bill went from €115 to €415 in less than 10 years; I guarantee you start feeling it. It doubled in 3 years, tripled in 6 years. I have no idea why, we are in a place where water is normally abundant (and there is zero irrigation). It is not like we could reduce our consumption: we use only a tiny bit more than 7 m³ per month, for a house with garden. That means just 2.3 m³ per month per person. It is really not an American type of water consumption! Probably only a 3rd or even a quarter of it...