What will it take to instill personal and leadership responsibility?

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What will it take to instill personal and leadership responsibility?

We have been talking, writing, researching and educating on the quality of water resources for 50 years. In spite of growing concerns water quality continues to decline.



The solutions are quite simple and not expensive - in fact most of the solutions available to us are profitable.



How do we convert all of our accumulated knowledge and awareness into affirmative actions that set us on the course of water quality regeneration?



 

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  1. Typical water conservation efforts by the public still save less water than is usually lost to leakage (>20%) in municipal water systems.  The historical abundance and low cost of water has led to very poor water management practices.  Water policy makers must be made aware that the typical water distribution utility makes a PUC mandated/determined profit on all expenses -- including leakage loss.  There is thus little incentive to improve measurement at the utility level itself.  Political action is needed to make water policy makers understand the importance of accurate water audits, etc.

  2. Hi Jim,

    common sense as the basis, when people get dirty their clothes, food, car, or even their selves the solution is to clean the products or ourselves.

    Why the water must not cleaned too?

    Water is essential for life and its limited resource

    Water is infinitely recyclable and we have re-drunk contaminated water more than trice as "potable".

    Wastewater treatment is just a palliative, THE REAL SOLUTION IS ITS RE-PURIFICATION

  3. i would say it still a question of awareness.Many people in the Planet especially less educated or rural population still do not understand the importance of conserving water.Thousands of TV channels are existing and it will be really nice if they start to broadcast short advertisements every day one aspect on how we can protect our planet.Most of the time they try to fill the free slots with marketing advertisements to make money and no government is willing to spend money on this kind of initiaitives

  4. I agree that affirmative actions start with self. The application of all that has been researched and document can only be strategically implemented by individuals, first on individual levels and this flows to community level. Water conservation means using water in the most sustainable ways, recycling water when and where possible and identifying where to use minimal water domestically. 



    Once we get to conserve water as individuals, then we can contribute towards the community. Some homes in the rural areas do laundry alongside rivers. The community can designate specific washing areas that does not back flow to the river, instead this water can be redirected to water non-consumable plants, these plants can be sold by the local community and can also be used to contribute towards afforestation and reforestation. 

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    1. Good to know about this matter.  I agree 100 % with the comment. We must start with charity at home.



      During our college days our Pro Vice Chancellor told us to save water when we are at Wash basin. Do not kee water running when you are at Wash basin.



      We have developed chemical based on Neno technology. We claim to clean any type of dirty water. Will be available to give more details if any one will be interested.



       

  5. We are having the habit of pointing towards the others. Les us do what is possible by us even if it is very very small. We all know what has to be done but always looking for others. 



    Let us start to do small things like,



    Take a bag for purchase and don't look for plastic bags.



    Conserve water starting from the home.



    Use public vehicles or pool the vehicle.



    Don't spit or litter in the public area and support for cleanliness.



    Use toilets



    Encourage farmers by purchasing their produce at the right price - Don't bargain with them. 



    Fight for the right and things will move in the right direction



    Don't encourage corruption



    Thanks and encourage for every good things.

  6. It seems that most of these things are politically driven which means you need to get the voters on board for the politicians (the decision makers) to make it a priority.



    Unfortunately it appears that you need a literal catastrophe to occur to prioritise something with the voting masses.



    The bushfires here in Australia have got the masses talking (now yelling) about Climate Change/Global Warming. The politicians are now paying attention because if they want to get voted back in they will need to be seen to be doing something.



    Fiji recently had a measles outbreak because people had decided to stop vaccinating their children. Vaccination became a national priority and I'm sure that there will be a LOT of educational programs being rolled out in the next few months/years.



    Gun laws got changed in New Zealand after the mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch. The gun laws had always been deficient, however, it required this occurrence to highlight this fact. The change in laws was implemented VERY quickly in response.



    The outcomes above are great for everyone involved. However, trying not to sound pessimistic, it might take a situation in which water resources can no longer be used for a purpose that directly affects the masses (drinking, fishing, recreation) for them to put pressure on the politicians to make the required changes.

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    1. Daniel,

      I am 95-100% in agreement with your comment regarding getting the politicians involved in water policy: somehow they are just not aware of the impending crisis.  I recently posted the first section of a proposal for a facility capable of calibrating large (up to 24") distribution water main meters with very low uncertainty -- as the prerequisite for reliable water audits and the basis for low-level on-line leak detection by system balance.  After submitting the proposal to multiple water managers without even a response, I am finally taking the political approach, and have changed the title of the first section to "Introduction: Briefing for Water Policy Makers, Environmental and Legal Background", and am now seeking the politicians' support.

      Here in California we are facing the same drought problems as in Australia -- and just about every place else in the world.

      Arnold