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   9/15/09

   cookingasshole

   that would suck SO bad!
   
   
   but if I were doing a rural cabin in the woods thing it would be nice...but not for too long

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      9/15/09

      amybyrd21

      yeah if I had to haul water It would be over a mile and over a huge hill in front of my house. Not good because the well water here is sulfar and I am allergic and the state condemened them a couple years ago.
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   9/15/09

   TJlubrano

   Wow. That would be really bad indeed. It's such a 'normal' thing to have water when you want. You don't even think about it anymore.

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   9/15/09

   volleypc

   I just hiked the Appalachian Trail and got use to being without water and having to carry all the water I needed. I think most of us waste to much water and at some point in our life, water will be the way gasoline was the last several years. Until that happens people will continue to waste water instead of doing more to conserve it. (I also got used to the taste of water in the wild and now I am having to get used to the taste of tap water again).

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      9/15/09

      amybyrd21

      Our creeks around here are drying up the one right in front of my house has dried up n the past few years and going under ground farther up stream too. The main creek where most of the towns get thier water are drying up here too. Alot of that has to do with the paper mills and the big farmers around here. It is so sad that where I went swimming afew years ago that was over my head is now up to my neck if we have had rain.
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   9/15/09

   owlbarn

   Living with limit supply of water is not unknown to me. When I go to India, water is supplied two times a day for 30min. or less. You are supposed to store as much water you can to use it for the day and save it at the same time because it's possible that it might not be available the next day.
   
   There are times when water needs to be hauled from a tanker. Imagine doing hauling water to fourth or fifth floor apartment with no elevators.
   
   It would teach you to respect natural resources. No baths, only showers

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   9/15/09

   sjtavo

   It's definitely something most if not all of us are not used to - I'm very dependent on my water, electricity and gas and the few times I've been without, it's been misery. The same can be said for just about any convenience - including full use of our bodies/limbs. I once spent almost eight out of nine months on crutches - the ability to walk and be self-sufficient is something I will never take for granted again. You don't think about it until you can't go to the grocery store alone, walmart, it's snowing and you're having to cross a parking lot, your laundry room is downstairs, etc.... even just carrying a cup of coffee back to your desk. Appreciate everything!

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   9/15/09

   wagerwitch

   I spent over 10 years in Barrow Alaska during the time I had NO RUNNING water and had to pay premium prices to have water shipped in to a holding tank and had to purchase drinking water.
   
   So on some days - you went without water - and you learned very early on to ration your water and you learned to make sure you ordered water prior to running out.

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      9/15/09

      amybyrd21

      I could not imagine going with out water for very long. I want a shower so bad just because I dont have water to take one. My kids want koolaid and all I have are bottled drinks. Just one day with out has opened their eyes as well as mine. They way it may be back on tonight or may be tommorrow. They left the whole in the yard all wekend and it filled up and wasted several thousnades of gallons of water. It is now going into the dry creek running into the major creek and it is full of chlorine. They do not care what they are doing to the enviroment or the peoples water bill. Mine this month is $115 just for the water and we use rain water and do not waste any here.
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   9/15/09

   Funkkeejooce

   A few months ago, we bought a new house which has been uninhabited for 2 years. Initially there was no electricity and no water. It took exactly a month before they could turn the electric and water on. During the whole month we worked on the house - painting, gardening, etc, we had no electricity and no water. We had to bring containers of water so we can wash the paint brushes and clean the house. It was horrible and only then we realise how much we take for granted what is so readily available to us.

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   9/15/09

   timethief

   I live on an island where freshwater is the most valuable resource of all. We have no municipal water supply here we are all on our own independent wells. We bear the full cost of maintaining and adequate water supply and that includes water testing, preventing pollution, maintaining the pump and storage in cisterns too. Suffice to say that I'm into water conservation and when I leave the island I'm appalled to see how people in cities squander water. IMHO the charges urban residents are paying for water are extremely low and in no way reflect the actual value of this precious resource that is vital to life.

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   9/15/09

   LGramlich

   I had to go w/o water in my home for almost 2 weeks once. It was hell. Since then I don't take it for granted. Even after Hurricane Gustav last year we couldn't really use the water for a few days due to local flooding. Fortunately, toward the end of that spell we got a some rain that allowed us to cool off & take a rain shower of sorts, but it didn't compare to taking a real shower again, once we could.
   These days I'm w/TT, for the most part. We have & maintain a well on our property.

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