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Chapter 6: Water Conservation

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As access to fresh water becomes a human www.greenbuildermedia.com 09.2014
right, innovation and conservation converge,
restoring Earth’s natural hydrology.

“IT’S FUNNY TO THINK that people used to shower and even
defecate in drinking water. And these were so-called civilized people!
I’m working in several of the world’s deserts as an Arid System
Stabilizer. That’s a clever name for someone who spends night and
day thinking about how to reverse deserti cation. We’re making
progress, thanks to better land use, terracing, nanotechnology
and—just as importantly—behavior change. People have nally
started treating water like the miracle it is.”
—Teri Corman, Los Angeles, 2045

Denver becomes Nanotechnology, soil Cotton, corn Two-thirds of U.S. “fossil water”
first U.S. city with terracing, sensors and other U.S. cities now aquifers show
100 percent and reduced beef “thirsty” crops capture and rise in level for
rainwater grazing help restore are phased out, reuse enough first time since
catchment and desertified soils in the as self-cleaning water to require measurement
reuse in place, Western U.S., fabrics and no outside began, thanks to
including although migration of drought- source, except a century of
pervious pavers population continues. tolerant foods in drought change in how
and streets. take their place. situations. water is used.
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