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Most water usage is agricultural. And increasing density decreases per-capita water usage because there are fewer lawns to water per person.
by anchpop 5y ago
Most water usage is agricultural. And increasing density decreases per-capita water usage because there are fewer lawns to water per person.
- TedShiller 5y agoBuilding more housing won't solve that.
- fragmede 5y agoWe don't today have the water for that. An also today, it's not worth it to build expensive desalination plants. What increasing the density does do, is bring forwards when desalination becomes economically worthwhile, solving that better than having only low-density single-family homes. Try this series on the economics of rural development. https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/4402259074708-Who-Pays-for-Growth-in-Collier-County-Florida- https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/44022590...