My Water Conservation Plan

During my visit home last week, my dad, patron of network news, informed me that the Yankee press was suggesting that Georgia's water problems were the result of poor water management.
Returning home, Atlanta news reports focused on a local man whose water consumption exceeds 400,000 gallons per month, that's right one house, not a business. That is pretty ridiculous but it is obviously not the norm. Most folks have made serious effort to saving water, in a system where consumption is already less that in the north. How the folks accomplish this in the west is commendable.
Georgia's water shortage is due to the lack of rainfall, compounded by a population explosion. Regions in the south have always been water poor. For years I have believed that unless growth was controlled, this would be a problem. No rain, more people, duh!
Here are the things I have been doing to save water:

• No lawn watering has been done in the last two years.
• Plant and shrub watering was discontinued in 2007. I have had about a dozen die to date including a rhododendron and a couple of azaleas.
• No car washing.
• No house pressure washing.
• Grey water watering of indoor plants.
• Ice from purchased soft drinks into the dog's water dish.
• Shorter showers and skipping some on weekends.
• Reduced toilet flushes. No explanation necessary.
• Stopped running water for shaving.
• Stopped running water for brushing teeth.
• Reduced number of wash loads, bigger loads.
• Replaced clothes washer with more efficient model that uses less water per load.

If the problem continues, this is my proposed set of water restriction steps:

• Import and drink only Coors beer, its made out west and would be adding water to the system for our friends in Alabama and Florida.
• Stop giving water to the dog.
• Stop bathing.
• Stop brushing teeth.
• Stop pissing on UGA Bulldogs.
• Collect and recycle water from the Georgia Dome.
• Divert the New York City aqueducts, then well see how little water Yankees can live on.