Do They Call It "Cartonned Water"?
Picture by a friend of mine, window of Los Angeles convenience store, in the wake of all the BPA in plastic bottles/endocrine disrupter stories.
Well, I guess it's better than trying to drink out of some stranger's hose. (Oops...you know I mean garden hose, right?)
Both Cali and Israel should be doing what Australia does - requiring all suburban/rural homes be built with rainwater cisterns.
It's not hard to do in the early stages of construction, and takes up no yard space since it's underground.
Ben-David at June 14, 2010 12:46 AM
How does it taste!? I mean can you taste the cardboard? Now all we need to do is come up with a cool looking water container in cardboard for the trendy set!
John Paulson at June 14, 2010 2:11 AM
"Both Cali and Israel should be doing what Australia does - requiring all suburban/rural homes be built with rainwater cisterns.
It's not hard to do in the early stages of construction, and takes up no yard space since it's underground."
Apparently collecting rainwater was illegal in Colorado. That's right, the rights to the rainwater that fell from the sky onto your property belonged to others. Same with Utah and Washington State.
In New Mexico though, catching rainwater is mandatory, and so it is in Tucson.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html
jerry at June 14, 2010 2:17 AM
> It's not hard to do in the early stages of construction,
> and takes up no yard space since it's underground.
In California, I am certain, state legislators smirk with anticipation of a new contingent of regulators and busybodies to license and inspect such devices (literally a drop in the bucket), a vast new army of unionized government employees who votes can been manipulated and banked.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 14, 2010 4:57 AM
Amy - (Oops...you know I mean garden hose, right?)
Suuuuuure, of coarse you did. :D
William (wbhicks@hotmail.com) at June 14, 2010 5:10 AM
Offtopic.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at June 14, 2010 5:11 AM
And I thought the headline said "cartooned water"...
Cousin Dave at June 14, 2010 8:45 AM
"a vast new army of unionized government employees who votes can been manipulated and banked"
I'm not sure who's doing the manipulating at this point. I thought that California was primarily being run for the benefit of the corrections officers union.
Christopher at June 14, 2010 9:05 AM
Whatever, I'm grateful to you for reading through the typo
Crid [cridcomment at gmail] at June 14, 2010 9:20 AM
So, what are they coating the cardboard with to make it waterproof?
lujlp at June 14, 2010 10:24 AM
Yes, that is true in most western states, Jerry. Water rights in rivers would be affected if you could collect it before it hits the rivers... and guess which big cities own those rights? Many cities in the west wouldn't exist without those water rights. The water that flows east generally is used for Ag as well... so ultimately it kinda has to be this way. But the established that water compact in years of wet, and so now it can never be fulfilled on average...
On the other claw? Unless you live somewhere that doesn't have good water, the enviro impact of bottled water, no matter the container, is astonishing.
SwissArmyD at June 14, 2010 10:28 AM
OT, but hey Amy, I just noticed this: Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine suspended.
Cousin Dave at June 14, 2010 12:21 PM
If you had meant hose as in hosiery, how would they prevent the water from leaking out?
Sabba Hillel at June 14, 2010 1:02 PM
Yeah, we should be collecting rainwater in California, but I wouldn't want to. Rain showers here are so few and far between that by the time we get one, there's usually quite a layer of dust, grit, and other crap on any surface that could collect the water, and it would all sluice right down into the cistern.
Steve H at June 14, 2010 3:42 PM
OK, someone with better Google FU than me--wasn't there a survey that said most bottled waters' source is simply the local tap? I can do that right in my own kitchen every morning.
Nanc in Ashland at June 14, 2010 3:45 PM
"Both Cali and Israel should be doing what Australia does - requiring all suburban/rural homes be built with rainwater cisterns."
Great, let's add yet another forced economic drag that makes everyone a bit poorer --- and to solve which yearning problem again, remind me? You have no business trying to force other people to build their homes in any way unless it directly harms you.
Lobster at June 14, 2010 6:13 PM
Buying water is a rip off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0&playnext_from=TL&videos=IpYTecrznxY
This video will blow your mind, save you a ton of cash and help the environment to boot.
Steve at June 14, 2010 7:20 PM
Angelenos are water hogs. Good day.
Jason S. at June 14, 2010 8:18 PM
You have no business trying to force other people to build their homes in any way unless it directly harms you.
I would split hairs that it needs to be, in general, safely habitable by the residents. I.e. the roof isn't going to fall in with 12 inches of snow and is going to light up at a spark. You don't have a requirement for heating, cooling, electric, or running water.
Jim P. at June 14, 2010 8:36 PM
"I would split hairs that it needs to be, in general, safely habitable by the residents."
That is pretty much what I said: 'Unless it directly harms you'
Lobster at June 15, 2010 9:02 AM
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