May 26, 2009 0
California wells go dry
This morning, NPR’s Morning Edition aired a piece about how a town in California is almost out of water, and water they’re doing about it.
It made me think of a post I did a few weeks ago where I interviewed water expert Josh Ellis about the water situation in Illinois. Mind you, Illinois isn’t running out of water, but Bolinas, Calif. is an example of what you have to do when the wells start to go dry.
The report includes these tips from Bolinas-Stinson Elementary School students:
- put a bucket in the shower and use that to flush the toilet
- don’t leave faucets running while your brushing your teeth
- bring a water bottle to school because when you drink out of the drinking fountain, 25 percent of the water goes down the drain
- if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down
