I need some alternative water sources?

Question

I have to do a report about the water issue in california and I need to write about an alternative source and its pros and cons. Any help? Links are good too.

Answer 1

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All of my homes water comes 100% from rain catchment (we live completely off the grid). It's absolutely safe, and actually better then some bottled water and most city tap water.

We storage it in 2000 gallon containers we purchased from Wiley (I think that's the right spelling), but before we did that we got 55gal containers for free from coca cola and Walmart (make sure they're "food grade" or you'll be doing a lot of cleaning). freecycle, craigslist, habitat for humanity, a local ranch and feed store, etc.

Before we decided to catch and drink our rain water I sent in samples of it to UT for testing, the results came back 99 ppm (500 being "drinkable" by the dept of food and drug) 0 toxins, 0 chemicals, 0 pollutants. Since then i purchased a handy little pocket water tester and have kept a close eye on it. I also take it with me on travels and check the water I'm drinking in other cities. Some of the better cities tap water are SLC at 250ppm, Detroit (surprisingly) 280. I don't want to say what some of the lesser ones were. Aquafina bottle water was 440.

Anyway, your roof should be completely clean and a perfect surface for catching water. Any dust that builds on our roof simply settles to the bottom (the house inlet is about a foot off the bottom) of the tank and doesn't affect the taste or health of the water what so ever (we all ate plenty of dirt as a kid). We do ad a table spoon of bleach to the tanks per every 500 gallons of water, not for the caught rain water (as it is clean to drink immediately),but because we storage it for long durations of time in tanks. Without the bleach (silver works just as good) algae tends to grow (which still isn't bad for you, just taste weird).

We do not filter our water as it is cleaner then most "filtered" bottled water.

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Answer 2

The news paper reported 2 years ago that a satellite spotted Nevada had under ground water caverns in the desert as big as the Great Lakes Mich. Which would more than take care of Calif. and it`s golf courses. I think the environmentalist group stop the testing and drilling for this water. But it was a Great lake under ground. I have not heard anything since. sorry

Answer 3

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Des...

Desalinization.   Ocean covers the earth more than land, its just salty and really rather unclean.  Modern technology has made desalinization much much more economical and faster.

In all reality, this is the only major alt. water source.

I gave you a base google search, since there is so much information out there for this, and Im not going to do your research for you. Sorry,but this will give ya a start.

Answer 4

Uhm I am a tad confused here. Water is water and nothing is quite like it last time I checked. Water is either on the land in froms of lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks or underground.  Water can not have a substitute like energy can. Energy can be derived via nuclear, burning oil, coal, or wood to turn genorators but water is water sorry I could not be of more help.

I have a solution for California...Hope all the ice melts in the north pole and ship it all there or the people of california can move to where there is water.

Answer 5

I like the rain water answer, I'll do that also, but ....

I will filter mine with, large particle filter, active charcoal filter, UV light filter.  3 in a row, for the grandkids health. E- coli.