Heading to Sam's right now and stocking up on bottled water.

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Desalination could certainly be one of the answers. Cruise ships make their own fresh water out of seawater and when you consider that a ship might have over 9,000 people on it often for a week or more, all using water probably even more than they use at home, plus swimming pools, hot tubs, water slides, etc. desalination certainly could serve a whole lot of people especially if they use water sparingly.

However I've read articles by environmentalists who are strongly against desalination as a means of obtaining water. Their claim is that the desalination plants discharge their wastewater, the salinity of which is many times saltier than the original water, right back into the ocean and that poses a danger to marine life, so...

I believe historically since the beginning of time FL has been under water in various degrees. One day T V may be nearly ocean front by then turning salt water to drinkable water through desalination processes would be a good technology to implement.

If I were concerned about future resourses in T V, I would be more concerned about the dwindling space for farming and raising cattle because mealworm burgers may be ok for some but in T V I prefer to know that I'm not eating bugs being called meat.

Water may well be the next crisis. I never waste anything, especially water. Front loading washers use much less water. Run the water into containers for the garden when you run it for hot water. No unnecessary watering for lawn and garden. You would be surprised how much water you can save.

Israeli's have found a way to get water. I don't think we're in danger here. IF nothing else ocean water can be made drinkable and usable. There's plenty surrounding the peninsula. I don't worry about such things.

Urophagia.

Lol!

As they say on the space station:

"Today's coffee--is tomorrow's coffee".

Won't be a problem.
Desalination will lower the warned about rise in ocean levels
With Polar cap melt, glacier melt, and the prophesied rain and flooding, the extra salt will also be neutralized.
Win. Win! :thumbup:

Bottled water is tap water in a bottle......

We don’t have a water problem here. Wells drying up are common especially with shallow wells.

Water won’t go bad but the plastic bottle could, especially if it’s stored in the hot garage. FDA recommends a shelf life of two years. So, probably not a good idea to buy more than you can drink in the next two years. Wait, residents in The Villages are rich (many plumbers, electricians, landscapers, mechanics, etc. believe) so no problem for us Villagers.

The environmentalists are hypocrites or they would live like cavemen just like they tell everybody else to do.

Great Lakes
 

Not if you live near the Great Lakes , they represent 20 % of the entire worlds drinking water with no end in sight .

I was living in Punta Gorda in 2004 ,there were quite a few stories about water shortages in Cape Coral back then ,so this is not a new issue .FYI we did get plenty of rain in the area that year as hurricane Charlie came through , you know the one that was supposed to hit Tampa and then took a right turn that weather people said couldn’t happen and wrecked the town . I then moved to southern Arizona where there was a real water shortage even back then

Whose water is it?
 

Whose water is it in the Great Lakes? I hear Arizona and other western states want water piped out west so they can use it to expand more and more. And a Supreme Court just might decide that the water in the Great Lakes belongs to the United States and not just those bordering the Lakes.