This morning, July 1, 2007, while having a glass of cool clean water I reflect on how lucky we are to live in a country with so much to offer such as a glass of germ free water while all of those unfortunate people in Africa where populations are dying like flies for the lack of clean water, food to fill their stomachs, and medical supplies to help the sick. Yes thousands are dying while here in Welland we waste water with little concern for the desperate and destitute.
Here in Welland we insist on carrying on the flushing of millions of cubic meters of clean germ free treated water into ditches 24 hours a day, 365 days a year while in Africa people trek miles for a drink of water that is in most cases contaminated. We double our water consumption in the summer with abandon.
We continue to water lawns through out the day regardless of being told it is a waste as the water evaporates in the heat.
A Conservation Committee was set up by the city with one chief purpose, that being to educate the people on how to conserve water but in their itinerary this committee seems to have forgotten one very important segment in water conservation, a segment the province has been centering on for quite some time, LAWN WATERING,the misuse which doubles in the summer months. Our city council and Conservation Committee who are in a position to put a handle on this misuse just sit back and do nothing. These same parties don't even make a statement to defend their position.
What good are they????
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