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