Water as a hot commodity in the future? 2

[ziggi]

I've been hearing talk of water scarcity problems developing in the future. Even to the point that water will one day become a very valuable commodity. The fuzz claims that within 10 years, water will be in the same position as oil is now.

Any thoughts on that? Any ideas how it will affect our profession in the coming years?

 

[davidbeach]

Are you trying to say there are beer companies that show horses and purport to use them in manufacturing?

No, I was suggesting that hidden horses are used as the source of the product.... But only the big mass market stuff; micro brews on the other hand are actually beer.

The rebellious youngsters around here rebel by drinking PBR. With all the local brews available, Portland is also PBR's best market.

 

[ziggi]

PBR?
Those Portland kids must be good kids, all the little b___rds around here smoke dope and drink hard liquor...with the occasional cheap brewsky when mommy and daddy's cash runs out.

 

[niallmacdubhghaill]

I was recently involved in the design of a wastewater reclamation facility. A large bio-pharma company was having trouble getting all the mains water it needed from the municipal supply, and so was looking for PR kudos for reusing the outfall from a sewage plant in its cooling systems. There is a fair bit of this done in the more arid regions of the world, and as water costs increase in the northern hemisphere look for more of this to be done.
Check out NEWater in singapore....

 

[controlnovice]

Several years ago, I saw a program on water reclamation in the States.

The regulations were written in such a way that it said the water shall be cleaned by x%. So, even though the water the plant was discharging was cleaner than what they were taking in, they actually had to mix the discharge with 'dirty' water to meet regulations.....

or something to that effect.

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[TurbulentFluid]

Water as such - it's difficult to predict. Yes, people still water their gardens and lawns in most of western civilisation areas. Let's not generalise, though.

DRINKING water, however, is a problem even now in every major city. By what I see when I travel, I mean. I think a lot of dough will be in that industry VERY soon.