Water and Energy

Georgia is in a stage 4 drought which translates to major problems for northeast Georgia and the suburbs of Atlanta in particular.  Each resident and business has been asked to reduce water usage by 10% over that used last winter.

The first month’s county figures are in.  The majority of places had reduces some consumption and alot had reached their target 10%.  That could not be said for the power companies that had actually used more water.  Water is consumed in the power plants, and yet the connection between reducing energy usage to save water has never been approached in the media. 

Bottom line is: save water on a domestic level by recycling water for use on plants etc, and reduce energy usage to reduce water used in the production of the power -ie  use a laundry line not the dryer whenever possible.