{"id":18079,"date":"2014-10-23T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18079"},"modified":"2014-10-23T13:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T17:23:35","slug":"lessons-learned-limiting-water-use-dont-waste-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/lessons-learned-limiting-water-use-dont-waste-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned from Limiting My Water Use: You Don’t Waste What You Don’t Have"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n I’m still thinking about my 4 Liters Challenge<\/a> from a few weeks ago – it’s amazing how much we take a resource like water for granted! While a number of things I learned stand out, I constantly come back to turning on the water without even thinking about it – I had to catch myself a number of times throughout my challenge<\/a>. It struck me that availability itself leads to waste – when you assume something’s going to be there, as we tend to do with our water use, you don’t pay much attention to how you’re using it.<\/p>\n But some of us are learning this lesson the harder way: when drought strikes, or when our water sources become contaminated. Suddenly that resource you just assumed would be there isn’t, and you become much more careful with how you’re using it.\u00a0You find yourself planning ahead, limiting certain activities, and even looking at alternatives for acquiring more water.<\/p>\n One technology that we don’t see much here in the US – not yet, anyway – is the atmospheric water generator, which literally pulls moisture from the air. Low-tech versions<\/a> of this have been around for centuries; newer machines sold by companies like Molecule Water Tech<\/a> function much like dehumidifiers (except, of course, they turn the moisture collected into potable water). For those facing a water crisis, or simply concerned about the quality of their water source, an AWG can literally be a lifesaver.<\/p>\n