Thoughts on Water

Some have said the next world war will be fought over water. Heavy thoughts. Big Bend NP has a water-ration in place. They are asking visitors to self-regulate their consumption to under five gallons per person per day. Water is a scarce a precious resource in the Chihauhaun Desert.

This picture is the dried up river bank of the Rio Grande River. The US and Mexico are separated by a 30 ft wide waterway at Santa Elena Canyon. The river is so low here that one can easily walk across to the other side.

I have been known to mildly flip-out when I see people wasting water. We take our flowing faucets for granted and it troubles me when people are careless with water. This concern started way before we started paying big bucks for water in Marco. It started way before we bought an RV and are super conscious of our water consumption. It started a long time ago. Maybe living in southern California in the early 80s had some influence on my water usage or maybe just having parents, with Great Depression memories being their moral compass on all things conservation.

Just think of how much water is wasted everyday in the real world of conveniences. Collecting all the partially consumed water from single use plastic bottles each day could provide some much needed hydration to an army of soldiers.