| Having been in the car wash business all | | | | still have proper hygiene and be |
| my life I have been overly fascinated | | | | completely healthy; in many countries |
| with water, its properties, cleaning | | | | and at least 8% of our planet lives on |
| ability and abundance. But as I began my | | | | less than 5 gallons per day. It is |
| more in depth studies I learned that | | | | estimated that by 2045 that the |
| clean water or pure water is not quite | | | | population will have grown and that over |
| as abundant as it should be. I completed | | | | 30% of the World's population will be |
| a 2-year study on water conservation, | | | | using less than 10 gallons of water per |
| which ended a couple of years ago. The | | | | day and 50% of the Earth's land mass |
| Project started when our figures showed | | | | will be in a drought situation.We can |
| an impending continuation of the mild | | | | over come these possible futures by |
| two-year drought in the mid-west and | | | | limiting our usage of fresh water to |
| Eastern Sea Board states. We had watched | | | | only necessities and save the other |
| the NOAA reports and foresaw a terrible | | | | needs for reclaimed water, gray water |
| situation brewing with regards to the | | | | and storm run off water. One of the |
| public consumption of water and | | | | easiest things one can do to limit water |
| indiscriminant usage in a belief that | | | | usage is to install low float toilets, |
| the supply was never ending.When I set | | | | smaller orifice in the facets, shut off |
| off on a 5-year tour of the United | | | | nozzles on garden hoses and limit the |
| States and took the Corporate Command | | | | time we take showers, water the garden |
| Center, a giant NASCAR Rig Motorhome, on | | | | and sprinkler the lawn. There are |
| the road, I had contemplated my own | | | | hundreds of other ways, but these alone |
| water supply on the road. I then tried | | | | in the US would save 15% of the water we |
| to figure out how one could live on | | | | use, enough to make the mild drought |
| under ten-gallons a day. While that it | | | | cycles of little consequence and the |
| itself is a remarkable accomplishment, | | | | large drought cycles such as we are |
| as the project progressed I kept a | | | | currently in only a minor nuisance.After |
| journal and studied how it could be | | | | 2-years into this study project we have |
| improved. After six months the ten | | | | decided not only to throw out our |
| gallons a day was lowered to 8 gallons a | | | | journal of the usage but to go back to |
| day and then six months later it was | | | | the drawing board and attempt to reduce |
| lowered to 6.5 gallons per day. It was | | | | our usage by another one-third. We have |
| then though possible that 6.5 gallons of | | | | replaced the electric 12-volt pumps with |
| fresh water per day per person is | | | | a smaller and lower GPM-gallons per |
| totally possible. The Blitz Mobile has | | | | minute unit. We believe this will allow |
| two water tanks on board now. A fresh | | | | us to cut our usage again in the Command |
| water tank contains enough water for one | | | | Center.Many might say that there is no |
| person for over ten days. This includes | | | | need to go this far or go without the |
| cooking water, drinking water, ice | | | | much needed water. We understand that |
| cubes, showers, toilet flushing, dish | | | | people are reluctant to limit their |
| washing, tooth brushing, washing of | | | | water usage, however we are now able to |
| clothes. The second tank is used for a | | | | say it is not that bad, it can be done |
| backup and has enough water to wash the | | | | and should be done. If we are going to |
| Corporate Command Center 10 times. The | | | | continue to populate this planet then we |
| truck is cleaned about once per week and | | | | ought to realize that it comes at a |
| yes that is an additional 2.6 gallons | | | | cost. We can bare that cost if we work |
| per day on average, but being in the car | | | | forward to a more sustainable level of |
| wash business, I know a thing or two | | | | consumption.The moral of the story is |
| about conservation in the truck wash | | | | this, if I can cut my water usage by |
| business too. is important to note that | | | | that much surely the average household |
| there are many reasons why we waste this | | | | can cut their usage in half both on the |
| natural resource, however we have now | | | | outside of the house and the inside. |
| proved it is not necessary to waste. It | | | | Conserve water, this might be good |
| is easy to limit your water usage to ten | | | | practice for you for the future. Think |
| gallons per day per household member and | | | | on this.Lance Winslow - Online Think |
| even possible to go to five gallons and | | | | Tank forum board. |