An aquifer is a fixed resource. Once you get too many water hookups, you either exhaust the aquifer or a regional / municipal water authority declares a moratorium on hookups. This happened in Santa Barbara county, California, in the mid-1970s. This put a crashing stop to any further housing development, and the remaining finite supply of housing became subject to scarcity and rising prices (from the relocation wannabees living in the Los Angeles bowl). Families who had lived there for generations were literally forced out of their homes because they couldn't pay the increased taxes from the increased property valuation.
Zambia has about half the population of California and nearly twice the land area, so they are in relatively good shape. But the capital, Lusaka, is currently going through a drought and a good many wells are dry because the water table has lowered. My stepchildren live with their own borehole, but now they have to purchase water by the tank truck because the hole is dry. I might say "everyone should have a Land Rover," but reality intrudes on idealism.
EVERYONE should have a well. City water makes you gay.
An aquifer is a fixed resource. Once you get too many water hookups, you either exhaust the aquifer or a regional / municipal water authority declares a moratorium on hookups. This happened in Santa Barbara county, California, in the mid-1970s. This put a crashing stop to any further housing development, and the remaining finite supply of housing became subject to scarcity and rising prices (from the relocation wannabees living in the Los Angeles bowl). Families who had lived there for generations were literally forced out of their homes because they couldn't pay the increased taxes from the increased property valuation.
Zambia has about half the population of California and nearly twice the land area, so they are in relatively good shape. But the capital, Lusaka, is currently going through a drought and a good many wells are dry because the water table has lowered. My stepchildren live with their own borehole, but now they have to purchase water by the tank truck because the hole is dry. I might say "everyone should have a Land Rover," but reality intrudes on idealism.
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