Quirky thoughts from an old man.
Carrying a refillable water bottle is an excellent way of virtue signaling that you care about the environment. It should be pointed out that some of that virtue is lost when the bottle comes wrapped in bubble wrap in a cardboard box. Life is a paradox.
According to SRP (Salt River Project) data: right now (May 20, 2019) the reservoir system is 81% full. Last year at this time it was 57% full. There is lots more real time up to date data available here.
Let There Be WaterBy Seth M. Siegel
Because I have lived for the last fifty plus years in places where there isn’t enough water I read a lot of books about water. Some are better than others. This book tells the stories of how Israel went from being a country with chronic water problems to being a net exporter of water. It tells the stories well. There are many stories because complex problems always have complex solutions. Continue reading “Book Review: Let There Be Water”
by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Water Knife is a dystopian novel about a time in the near future when water wars are breaking out throughout the Western USA. The action is compelling and vivid and the characters are wild. There are great one liners and a cameo appearance of Cadillac Desert.