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