If your city announced water shortage alerts... would you adhere to what they say?
51-55, M
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I do because the fines are high. Although a few years ago, we had very strict water restrictions for a couple of years but why I didn't agree with them was that the regular population uses only a very small percentage of the water from the river, and something like 85% was used by 5 of the local industries which had no restrictions. So our restrictions were only an enforced token gesture.. to who I have no idea.
CharlesTheThird · 41-45, M
SW-User
Thanks. I'd be the first to recycle my urine if it came to that, but really, our situation was all about the local Government being seen to do something and forcing the community to suffer some pain for it. The actual fact was that one company - a paper mill that made newsprint for newspapers and a dog food factory usued millions of gallons which was most of the water. Yet the Government had neighbours reporting little old ladies for watering their roses in the middle of the night. Makes me wonder how many other places around the world are in a similar situation 🤔