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10/19/2007 12:02:46 PM

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"and for showers, you can install one of those water conservation shower heads...it's like a mist, but it gets you just as wet. when heating up water, put it on a low stream and not a fast hard stream. it will heat up just the same. if you have a water to air a/c...turn off your ac on cooler nights and open those windows! stop using the garbage disposal in your sink--it requires a lot of water to dispose of the food. make a compost pile instead (which is a benefit in itself for the soil!) in addition, if you start using paper plates and cups (non glossy and no prints on them though, just plain old paper plates) you can put these in your compost pile which will save on water needed to do dishes. if you're going to take a bath, go ahead and plug the drain as you fill the tub...once the water gets hot, it will heat up the amount of cold that first gets put in the tub basin. "

Not sure if I follow the bolded one.
When you leave your water off for a long time, all the water in the hot line cools down. When you want to get more hot water, you must first evacuate all the cool water from the line - all 50 feet of 1/2" pipe. It really doesn't matter if you do it slowly or quickly, the same amount of cool water must be evacuated before hot water gets to the faucet.
Perhaps if you do it slowly then you'll be able to react more quickly when the hot water finally does come out and you won't leave the hot water running down the drain for 10 seconds... But other than that, that doesn't make any sense.

10/19/2007 12:13:56 PM

I want to know why NC State can water their plants with sprinklers over by Reynolds. I see it every Monday and Wednesday morning and it goes on for over an hour and a half. We are supposed to be conserving water, so NC State should too.

10/19/2007 12:33:23 PM

99 days of water are left, 99 days of water. Take one down, pass it around, 98 days of water are left.

10/19/2007 1:08:21 PM

^^^i was about to make the same point

10/19/2007 1:12:00 PM

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"I want to know why NC State can water their plants with sprinklers over by Reynolds"

NCSU recycles water for that purpose

10/19/2007 1:32:37 PM

10/19/2007 2:35:35 PM

if raleigh runs out of water, just blame me. i left my shower running for 12 hours because I passed out right after I turned it on last night.

10/19/2007 5:37:14 PM

I heard that Cary is talking about selling some of their water to cities experiencing a severe shortage.

10/19/2007 5:54:38 PM

^ the shit water or the fancy stuff?

10/19/2007 7:06:39 PM

i'm guessing the kind you can drink

10/19/2007 7:07:28 PM

This thread title is going to be impossible to keep current. Tomorrow I am going to make "About 97 days of water left for Raleigh residents" and probably get suspended.

10/19/2007 7:16:35 PM

doesn't Le Bleu or some company get their bottled water from Falls lake too? I recall hearing something like this but I could be totally wrong. I wonder if they have stopped during this shortage.

10/19/2007 9:13:57 PM

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"99 days of water are left, 99 days of water. Take one down, pass it around, 98 days of water are left."

ftw

10/19/2007 9:16:47 PM

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"when heating up water, put it on a low stream and not a fast hard stream. it will heat up just the same."

yeah that's bullshit as the above poster indicated. i like to jump in as soon as i turn the water on...i appreciate it more when it finally does get warm. in the morning its a fantastic way to wake the hell up

10/19/2007 9:18:58 PM

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"take showers with your significant others if you have one"

I dunno about you, but for me this would cause more water usage, if you know what I mean.

And I think you do.

10/19/2007 9:31:17 PM

^^sorry for the wrong info, that's what a coworker told me *shrug*

but i had good tips otherwise

10/19/2007 9:42:11 PM

don't think NCSU recycles water for irrigation as they just announced they would halt irrigation and winterize their system in the technician today. however, they should recycle graywater. currently they just return it to raleigh wastewater system

10/19/2007 9:58:10 PM

my hot water runs out in <5 minutes on full blast

10/19/2007 10:32:51 PM

Only 3rd worlders need to conserve water, I am an American.

10/19/2007 10:41:54 PM

Hell. You're rainman. Stop conserving that water and dump it on us!

10/19/2007 10:48:54 PM

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"^ the shit water or the fancy stuff?"

haha

10/19/2007 10:57:54 PM

gotta love the quotes in today's technician about water conservation



What is the most drastic thing you would do to conserve water?

"I would take shorter showers" - Alexander Innes, Junior, Computer Science

"Instead of using water to wash clothes, I'd use Coke." William Lampe, Freshman, Industrial Engineering

"I wouldn't run the dishwasher." Dusty Quattlebaum, Freshman, Sports Management

"I wouldn't shower, brush my teeth, or drink bottled water." Priya Gondhalekar, Freshman, Animal Science

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 11:42 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2007 11:42:22 PM

^i noticed that but a different quote

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"Instead of using water to wash clothes, I'd use Coke."

10/19/2007 11:45:46 PM

water is low frequently in the Raleigh area, yet new houses are still being built like crazy

10/20/2007 12:15:23 AM

What the hell, 2 years ago New Orleans had a major surplus of water and people were bitching. Now we are low on water and people continue with the bitchin'... make up your damn minds!

10/20/2007 1:17:02 AM

Good thing I live in Cary.

10/20/2007 6:36:47 PM

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"^^sorry for the wrong info, that's what a coworker told me *shrug*"

You believe everything that you're told?

That's one of those things where everyone ought to instantly be like 'wtf, you retard' whenever anyone says such a thing to them.

10/20/2007 6:47:04 PM

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"Good thing I live in Cary."

bet that's the only time that statement will ever come out of your mouth

10/20/2007 7:39:19 PM

the main way people can save water is by treating grass like it's a fucking decoration, and not a neccessity.

10/20/2007 8:32:56 PM

Business water use needs to cut back as much as residential use.

10/21/2007 1:02:43 AM

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"bet that's the only time that statement will ever come out of your mouth"

Nah, not likely. Cary is a much better place to live in terms of being a resident than Raleigh. It's cleaner, less crime, better managed (not that that's saying much), etc.

10/21/2007 1:43:01 AM

Cary is an microcosm of everything that is wrong with the world.

10/21/2007 3:33:56 PM

I liked it when I lived there. What's so bad about it?

10/21/2007 3:37:58 PM

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""I wouldn't shower, brush my teeth, or drink bottled water." Priya Gondhalekar, Freshman, Animal Science"

I guess in that case most of them in EB2 have already been doing their part to conserve water for quite some time now.

10/21/2007 3:52:44 PM

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"I wouldn't shower, brush my teeth, or drink bottled water." Priya Gondhalekar, Freshman, Animal Science"

surprised no one pointed out that she's indian.

10/21/2007 3:54:36 PM

Cary is a wonderful place to live. You can't judge it until you've actually lived there.

10/21/2007 4:40:36 PM

Everyone I've met from Cary is from New Jersey. Just saying.

Supposedly the one bad thing is that the months we are coming up on are this part of the country's "dry season".

My city, Rocky Mount, has been on Stage 2 water restrictions for a couple weeks now. We're setting up a line to buy water from Wilson.

[Edited on October 21, 2007 at 10:10 PM. Reason : /]

10/21/2007 10:10:30 PM

Dear Cary,

If you'd like to temporarily annex my neighborhood, feel free. Half a mile east and I'm all yours

10/22/2007 12:35:04 AM

Cary charges for its (one) dog park. Raleigh's three dog parks are all free and well maintained.

10/22/2007 8:06:17 AM

looks like rain all week

10/22/2007 8:26:38 AM

god i hope so. we need it bad from what i hear.

10/22/2007 9:14:34 AM

^ I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

10/22/2007 9:45:43 AM

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"Cary charges for its (one) dog park. Raleigh's three dog parks are all free and well maintained. "

How dare they make you pay for your own pet and not tax everyone to pay for the luxury of a dog park.

10/22/2007 11:34:48 AM

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"surprised no one pointed out that she's indian."

10/22/2007 2:21:46 PM

^^ when I think about land use, I want to make sure your poodle has a place to shit and I am willing to pay for it.


So what about people that snitch on their neighbors for watering? Justified?

[Edited on October 22, 2007 at 2:26 PM. Reason : f]

10/22/2007 2:25:32 PM

^

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"So what about people that snitch on their neighbors for watering? Justified?"

Do people really need to snitch?
Its rather obvious.. all the people obeying the watering restrictions have brown grass, the ones that dont have green grass

10/22/2007 2:34:46 PM

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"How dare they make you pay for your own pet and not tax everyone to pay for the luxury of a dog park."

you pay a fee on top of city taxes for cary's dog park

10/22/2007 2:36:57 PM

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"Do people really need to snitch? Its rather obvious.. all the people obeying the watering restrictions have brown grass, the ones that dont have green grass"

Pretty much any grass that didn't die in the drought is going to be green right now. It can look dead as a doorknob, but give it a little water like the rain we had last week and it will spring back like nothing happened.

I'm guessing you haven't been out much lately, huh?

10/22/2007 2:52:17 PM

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"Fake turf watered as supplies dry up Hockey fields need soaking, officials say; Duke coach: We conserve at home It's not even real grass. But in the midst of what may be the worst drought ever in North Carolina, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are watering the synthetic turfs used by their field hockey teams."

http://www.newsobserver.com/weather/drought/story/742218.html?iref=topnews

10/22/2007 3:12:14 PM