> we have reduced our water usage while the population has grown I don't know where you live, but if it is a city like most others, you've likely reduced your

> we have reduced our water usage while the population has grown I don't know where you live, but if it is a city like most others, you've likely reduced your per-capita water use, but not total water use. This is certainly true of most cities in the American west. They have made impressive (above 30%) reductions in per-capita water use, but they have (in many cases) grown by more than that.