Comments on: New water crisis documentary: FLOW (For the Love of Water)

By: Katharine C

Katharine C — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:32:53 +0000

http://www.waterwise.org.uk/images/site/EmbeddedWater/hidden%20waters,%20waterwise,%20february%202007.pdf

Please see attached link it just shows how the problem is not just from our direct use of water but also from our indirect use as water is embodied in all the goods that we consume.

Studies into this subject area are being lead in Australia and the Netherlands – saving the planet is not just about carbon emissions and carbon footprint but about water footprint too.

By: jlovebomb

jlovebomb — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:51:42 +0000

We North Americans (Canada AND the US) are guilty of being the highest water consumers in the world. We double what the Europeans consume.

It’s extravegant and unnecessary and perceptions have to change. Why not prevent an issue before it becomes one? I really believe that it’s time for our generation (the 18 to 29-year-olds) to do something. Quite frankly, the water crisis is happening and it’s one of the most important aspects of humankind, yet it’s largely ignored.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:15:35 +0000

I’ve got a dilemma. I don’t buy bottled water but I do fill my own bottles with “reverse osmosis” water from the local water store. I do this because the water that comes from my tap tastes absolutely awful, even with a Brita filter. Now I’ve heard that reverse osmosis is not a water-efficient process, and causes half the water to be lost. Is this true?? Any thought on how I can make my tap water not taste absolutely putrid? It has a chemical aftertaste that leaves me feeling dryer than I was before drinking it. This, despite the fact our local water has been rated as safe and fairly pure.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:09:42 +0000

I do not understand how people in the southwest demand the water fromt he great lakes….if you want it MOVE to the great lakes. 72% of the water in the great lakes belongs to the people of Michigan and to them ONLY. End of discussion.

By: Jared Simpson

Jared Simpson — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:43:05 +0000

Oui, verbose, toi, mais in a good way. The world needs more verbosity from folks like you.
I like the Campanastan site btw–there’s some salty water over there now and then.

By: Aquadoc (Michael Campana)

Aquadoc (Michael Campana) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:45:54 +0000

Hi, Jared.

Thanks for posting this. My comment took an entire new post on my blog (verbose, moi?):

http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/03/maude-barlow-hy.html

By: Jared Simpson

Jared Simpson — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:51:13 +0000

Thanks, Sally. If you want to read more frightening tales of Arizona’s lack of attachment with reality, go here:http://waterblogged.info/2007/11/23/its-a-drought-stupid-one-more-time-arizona-style/
Your site makes me want to go hiking.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:31:41 +0000

When I lived in Arizona, many years ago, that state’s slogan was Arizona grows where water flows. A frightening coupling if there ever was one. Now their population has probably doubled…

Thanks for working to get this important message out!

By: F.L.O.W. | Fragments From Floyd

F.L.O.W. | Fragments From Floyd — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:21:41 +0000

[...] FLOW. That was where I was heading. For Love of Water. Hot at Sundance, not yet available on DVD. I’m thinking that, if our Earth Day event raises water awareness in our community, THIS would be a great documentary for later in the summer–maybe by then a showing in the new library conference room! Do take a look at the video clips from and about the film and the issues in it over at Waterblogged. [...]