Conservation of Water in Big Cities

Water Conservation in larger cities is less of an issuedischarging their treated sewage water into the
publicly than in smaller cities, yet in reality it is moreunderground aquifers and then is going to filter it when
important in larger cities to conserve to allow smallerit is brought back up for use.A large city like LA,
cities to exist. This is ironic, however truth because aAtlanta or Denver can really save a lot of water thus
small city that saves a lot is a mere drop in the bucketallowing less need over court battles for water with
to the amount of water a big city can save whenthe smaller upstream cities. Take Rio Rancho, Las
each person saves only a small amount, becauseVegas and Santa Fe, New Mexico, if everyone in
those little amounts are multiplied by the masses intoAlbuquerque can save small amounts then all those
true water savings.Cities like Phoenix and Las Vegassmaller cities will have all the water they need. I do not
are really tough on water supplies and try to getknow about you, but water issues are of a significant
people to conserve but if they hit level II droughts thennature in this country as we continue into the summer
it will scare the developers and kill the new housingmonths. Let us look at the conservations of Casper
starts. That growth is bringing in money to the city. InWY a city which citizens are asked to voluntarily cut
Las Vegas area, they cannot even build the schools orback, meaning smaller populated areas upstream and
Post Offices fast enough. Las Vegas is now talkingdown stream can have the water they need for
about discharging their waster water into the bottomcrops, livestock and drinking. When the water tables go
of Lake Meade, even though there is already an algaedown and the river runs low and therefore pollution is a
bloom in the lake and that water supplies all ofmore significant factor due to the number of total
Southern CA and most all of AZ. Tucson isdissolved solids per volume in the water of the river.