Water, Water, from Where?

March 23rd, 2009 | Category: Green Community | 4 comments |

Where does your water come from? Sometimes I find myself taking our clean water supply for granted. Then I get to thinking about it. I am so very fortunate to have no shortage of clean water. And, isn’t it amazing – water just goes around in this great big cycle. For all we know, the rain which falls on my garden today may become the water you drink tomorrow. Imagine if we had to supply the energy to move water the way nature does. I think we’d be in trouble!

Do you know where the water you drink comes from? Is it the same water source you use for washing? And where do the animals in your area get their water? With all of the modern technology that goes into supplying homes in America with clean water, it’s really easy to lose track of our connection to our personal water source and to the water cycle and nature.

Do your kids know where their water really comes from? Have you visited the place where the rain and/or snow falls to supply you? Can you pinpoint it on a map? If you use pumped water from a well can you trace the aquifer back to source? And where does your water go when you are done with it? What about the water which lands on your roof or back yard, which river and ocean does it run to?

Let me know what you know.

Share and Enjoy:

Kris

March 23rd, 2009 at 3:32 pm

We have done most of what you mentioned. I am so proud of myself!!

Hey I tagged you on LL for 6 Degrees of Randomness.

Alison Kerr

March 23rd, 2009 at 5:48 pm

Good for you Kris! I went and looked up where my water comes from and I got a surprise. I know I looked this up before, but I’d totally forgotten. I thought it came from some kind of reservoir, but apparently it comes from the Missouri River, Kansas River and 21 wells. Makes you think!

Now I wonder if I remember correctly where our run-off goes. My memory says it goes to the Little Blue River, the Blue River, and then the Missouri and Mississippi. There’s no way to know if I’m right without looking at maps again. I like maps

Janet

March 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am

We have an underground fresh-water spring on our property, with a pump to the house. There is a disadvantage to this, because the pump is electric, so when the power goes off, so does the water. Most folks in the rural areas get their water from wells, and a lot of it is sulphur. Recently the city expanded their pipelines and extended out into our area, but we didn’t hook up because they wanted to charge a $650 connection fee, and that water comes out of the Kentucky River. In this area we still have a straight pipe problem. No way am I using water out of that river. We can see the river from our house, so I’m pretty sure that’s where the run-off goes. I try to collect rainwater for watering plants, but I’d like to get something more substantial so we can use it for lots more things.

Ruralmama

March 24th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Where do you find this kind of thing out? I know we have a well, but that’s it!