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Dr. E:
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Media Twist

Featured is a headline from a local TV station here--"Planning Urged Now For Non-Rainy Days To Come" You can find this article at wyff4.com which prohibits me publishing it here. This article follows a good spell of rain that we just received where many folks have a false sense that we are good again in terms of precipitation norms. I want to also include some 'deleted without reading' emails that show these same media outlets are refusing to hear the solution to the problem that they love to harp on--dry, terrible drought conditions etc. This was simply an attempt to ask for a story to show the same residents that they are scaring to death that there is actually a solution to off set this problem. After going back, the one below is the only one that I could find but there were many unanswered attempts sent back to me. Story submited in 2008.

1420 01/06/2009 WYFF, Feedback Not read: Rainwater Harvesting Project Story

Intangible Benefit

I want to go back and address an issue that has come up before. Control. In most traditional water sources, the municipality has full control over the water itself. Specifically, if there is a major break, your water goes off. If they (the municipality) decide to charge more, they can. Most people do not stop and think that they are in total reliance on someone else when they depend solely on a metered water source. If the tap comes on, it is great. If the tap fails to produce, the customer calls to find out why and how long it will be until service resumes. This is total reliance on someone else for the most important thing in life. Moreover, the idea of a decentralized water source throughout a region is becoming more of a topic than in the past mainly due to the fear of a terrorist attack on a centralized water supply. City water can be 'treated' at anytime thus smelling like bleach with no explanation? Safe to drink? Most likely yes, safe for someone to use on new seedlings? Most likely not but who knows when to use it when to boil it or just what is going on and why the smell all of the sudden? This is no control and the property owner should have control over their water source knowing ALL of the answers to quality of water, amount available, and that it is a free gift from the heavens above.