Comments on: Water Wealth: our Blue Gold

By: fred

fred — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:19:03 +0000

Sam, I’m encouraging those in our county who have some influence on natural resource policy to watch Blue Gold. We have a major initiative underway on well source protection and a strong pressure for retirement community development, the chief limiting factor will the water volume and quality in our fractured rock storage.

We have very good water, all flows OUT of our county situated on a plateau along the Blue Ridge of Virginia, but not the volumes that Big Water would be interested in, so don’t expect Nestle to come knocking.

But Blue Gold puts the issue of water-as-commodity in an understandable format and on-the-ground point of view, so many thanks.

We may be looking to obtain a DVD of Blue Gold for a community presentation at some point this spring.

Best…

Fred First

By: Sam Bozzo

Sam Bozzo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:11:20 +0000

Thanks Floyd for watching and supporting my documentary. I love to see people effected pro-actively like this.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:57:45 +0000

The same amount of water exists on the planet today as when time began. The water never leaves, it is only recycled. Last month someone flushed the water that you drink today.

While it is true that some areas have shortages due to overuse or climate conditions, we still have the same amount of water that we always have. If water is not in short supply in your area then it does no good to worry about conservation unless you plan to bottle and ship it.

Now pollution is another issue. Once the water is polluted it will eventually evaporate to become rain somewhere else but that pollution remains in the waterways and oceans. We are quite likely polluting the planet at a rate that it may not be able to recover from.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:13:56 +0000

Yes, thank you for giving us so much info that has not received much coverage yet, compared to other environmental issues. Philadelphia’s project sure is exciting. How forward thinking can a government entity get!! And especially when you consider that it is located in a “water rich” region.

By: bill;www.wildramblings.com

bill;www.wildramblings.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:21:58 +0000

Very interesting post, Floyd. Water is the most precious resource in the world. It does not belong in any way, sense, of form to human beings, although we do have the responsiblity of managing it in a way that not only provides for us but to the natural world.

In general the eastern US is water wealthy, whereas much of the world is water poor. We have only begun to experience the difficulties that others have faced for generations.

Very thought prooking, thank you very much.

Bill