#4416963 - 04/19/18 01:20 PM
Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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.....they were thought to run out of water by April After seeing this map no wonder California areas have had water shortages ...and other places in U.S.. The avg U.S. citizen uses 100 gallons of water per day
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#4417009 - 04/19/18 05:15 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
[Re: Haggart]
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.....they were thought to run out of water by April [img]https://www.nationalgeographic.com/interactive-assets/nggraphics/ngnews-water-day-world-map/build-2018-03-22_11-47-28/ngm-assets/img/ngnews-water-day-world-map_ai2html-desktop-medium.jpg[/img] After seeing this map no wonder California areas have had water shortages ...and other places in U.S.. The avg U.S. citizen uses 100 gallons of water per day If they are using that much water they are paying through the nose if they live in Southern California. 1 unit of water = 748 gallons of water Our water allotment for a family of 4 is 10 units of water or 7480 gallons a month before penalties are assessed. That equates to roughly 60 gallons per day per person. We typically use about 8 to 9 units a month. Residential Water Rates: https://www.coronaca.gov/home/showdocument?id=2246Most cities have a similar rate structure like the one I linked for water usage. Wheels
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#4417017 - 04/19/18 06:37 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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Better News!
The world is ending sometime Monday so, no problem. Crap, and I was looking forward to Planes of Fame's airshow in May. Wheels
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#4417027 - 04/19/18 08:28 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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I caught a spider in the bathroom and flushed it away with 1.5 gallons of clean drinking water and laughed.
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#4417038 - 04/19/18 09:17 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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Better News!
The world is ending sometime Monday so, no problem. Crap, and I was looking forward to Planes of Fame's airshow in May. Wheels The one by the Grand Canyon ?
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#4417054 - 04/19/18 10:40 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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.....they were thought to run out of water by April [img]https://www.nationalgeographic.com/interactive-assets/nggraphics/ngnews-water-day-world-map/build-2018-03-22_11-47-28/ngm-assets/img/ngnews-water-day-world-map_ai2html-desktop-medium.jpg[/img] After seeing this map no wonder California areas have had water shortages ...and other places in U.S.. The avg U.S. citizen uses 100 gallons of water per day If they are using that much water they are paying through the nose if they live in Southern California. 1 unit of water = 748 gallons of water Our water allotment for a family of 4 is 10 units of water or 7480 gallons a month before penalties are assessed. That equates to roughly 60 gallons per day per person. We typically use about 8 to 9 units a month. Residential Water Rates: https://www.coronaca.gov/home/showdocument?id=2246Most cities have a similar rate structure like the one I linked for water usage. Wheels That’s interesting stuff. We use 4-6 units, depending on the month of the year, but I’m not huge on watering the yard in Aug-Sept or it would be more in those months. 5 units a month the last few months, so I guess that’s about 31 gal/mo. each for 4 of us. Maybe 100 gal a day is a national average, not taking into account farming? Surely not industry or it would be higher.
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#4417084 - 04/20/18 04:20 AM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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"The world is ending sometime Monday so, no problem."
Well, it's about time! I mean, really, it's long overdue. So, I might as well go ahead and use all the water I want, right?
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#4417126 - 04/20/18 12:50 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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Imagine that, water scarcity in deserts and savannah/prairie/veldt.
Phil
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#4417196 - 04/20/18 08:22 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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Dart, buddy, South Africa is most certainly NOT a third-world country. I lived there for 2 years (in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Germiston, Johannesburg and Pretoria).
It ain't a perfect place by any stretch (where is?), but they are one of the most thriving Republics in the entire continent of Africa. Their universities are top-notch, their cities are bustling centers of business and commerce, their medical facilities are first-rate (the artificial heart was invented there) and the tech industry is as robust there as it is here in the U.S.
It's an honest mistake to make. I didn't know anything about South Africa until I moved there, so no harm done.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." -- Ephesians 6: 12-13 KJV
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#4417210 - 04/20/18 11:53 PM
Re: Good News: The Month Cape Town, South Africa Runs Out of Water Has Been Extended To July
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Are you talking about South Africa today? Just asking, because the info I get from people getting the hell out nowadays don't talk like that. When were you there if I may ask?
EDIT Yikes I just realised this is CH, not PWEC. Please ignore my question and by all means use PWEC if you want politics.
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