cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3972223
I come from a generally dry country and the concepts of drought & conserving the water are not new to me.
One of the things that have stunned/upset me ever since I set foot in Canada (both east & west coasts) is watching people washing their cars using a hose and tap water:
For starters, tap water is not cheap. Moreover, one definitely doesn't need sanitised water to wash their car.
But more importantly, washing cars using a hose at home is very inefficient compared to taking it to an automatic car wash: something which is programmed to make every second of operation and every litre of water count (that's how they make a margin after all.)
TBH I'm not sure about the real impact this has on our water reserves & if there have been any studies on similar water-inefficiencies but I have yet to watch/read/hear a advertisement, newspaper column or radio talk on this topic: these dry seasons take extra measures as, IMHO, they're going to stay w/ us for the foreseeable future.
Am I being too sensitive about water shortage b/c of my background? What are your thoughts?
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Lived in BC all my life and never had metered water here anywhere.
TIL. The village in question is in southern Saskatchewan and I never met anyone at the water treatment conferences that was running an unmetered system. That I know of, anyway. I just thought metering was standard procedure.
In BC. Never heard of anyone having metered water (yet).
For 7 months of the year we have more water than we know what to do with.
Are you rural…?
Lower mainland BC