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I'm curious where you live where "water is abundant". Water that comes out of your shower is the same stuff that comes out of your faucet. It's been carefully p

I'm curious where you live where "water is abundant". Water that comes out of your shower is the same stuff that comes out of your faucet. It's been carefully purified and disinfected, which costs a lot of energy. Even if you live somewhere (as I do) where water falls from the sky all the time, the water for showers is still not "abundant".

Turing_Machine 6y ago
Where I live, the water utility sells water for about $5.00/thousand gallons (or about $1.30/thousand liters, if you prefer). Given that the utility stays in business, that is enough to cover the costs of the well, the pumps, the water treatment, and the vast network of pipes required to get it to my house. So, yeah, pretty abundant.
frosted-flakes 6y ago
The water that comes out of my tap comes straight out of the ground, without any filters or purification steps. It tastes great, although it does have a moderate iron content. I live in the Great Lakes watershed, where water really is abundant.
- tzs 6y ago
  I too have a well. For the curious, I estimate that it takes about $0.27 worth of electricity for it to pump 1000 gallons.
wenc 6y ago
Generally in the U.S. and Canada, freshwater is abundant in the Great Lakes regions, so much so that this area is considered a strategic location in a climate crisis. The cost of residential municipal water in Chicago is US$1.08/m3 [1]. In Toronto, another Great Lakes City, it's US$3.04/m3, ratcheting down to US$2.13/m3 after 5000 m3 [2]. Water in Berlin costs US$1.98/m3 [4] (€1.7/m3). In comparison, Danish water cost US$6.70/m3 in 2016 [3]. [1] https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/utility-billing/water-and-sewer-rates.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/utility-... [2] https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-utilities/utility-bill/water-rates-and-fees-copy/ https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-util... [3] https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/highest-water-prices-in-the-world/ https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/highest-water-prices-in-th... [4] https://www.bwb.de/content/en/html/1712.php https://www.bwb.de/content/en/html/1712.php

Turing_Machine 6y ago

Where I live, the water utility sells water for about $5.00/thousand gallons (or about $1.30/thousand liters, if you prefer). Given that the utility stays in business, that is enough to cover the costs of the well, the pumps, the water treatment, and the vast network of pipes required to get it to my house. So, yeah, pretty abundant.

frosted-flakes 6y ago

The water that comes out of my tap comes straight out of the ground, without any filters or purification steps. It tastes great, although it does have a moderate iron content. I live in the Great Lakes watershed, where water really is abundant.

tzs 6y ago
I too have a well. For the curious, I estimate that it takes about $0.27 worth of electricity for it to pump 1000 gallons.

wenc 6y ago

Generally in the U.S. and Canada, freshwater is abundant in the Great Lakes regions, so much so that this area is considered a strategic location in a climate crisis. The cost of residential municipal water in Chicago is US$1.08/m3 [1]. In Toronto, another Great Lakes City, it's US$3.04/m3, ratcheting down to US$2.13/m3 after 5000 m3 [2]. Water in Berlin costs US$1.98/m3 [4] (€1.7/m3). In comparison, Danish water cost US$6.70/m3 in 2016 [3]. [1] https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/utility-billing/water-and-sewer-rates.html https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/supp_info/utility-... [2] https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-utilities/utility-bill/water-rates-and-fees-copy/ https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-util... [3] https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/highest-water-prices-in-the-world/ https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/highest-water-prices-in-th... [4] https://www.bwb.de/content/en/html/1712.php https://www.bwb.de/content/en/html/1712.php