March 2007
Water Woes - Foundation Resource - Durable Decks?
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Letters Water Woes I just finished reading "Water Woes" (Breakline, September/October 2006). Within our lifetime (for boomers, anyway), the issue and importance of freshwater availability (or scarcity) will outpace that of reliable energy sources. Coastal areas (particularly Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina) can seasonally count on an overabundance of freshwater in the form of precipitation during the summer months and hurricane season. Why not capture this water from roof runoff and store it in cisterns, like they do in Bermuda, or the way they did in Florida in the early 20th century? If you look at the amount of roof
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