The other night, I heard there is a water shortage in the leeward side and in town. They were urgin the viewers to conserve water since it is only the beginning of the dry season now. Even though I live in the Mauka side (where water is plenty actually), I try to cut my shower short and be conscientious about saving water. I even shut off the sprinkler for my lawn since it has been drizzling pretty often on our side.
For my work, I often go to the UH medical school building in Kakaako. When I was heading to the building on Monday, I saw something unbelievable. They were pressure washing the entire extrior of the building! Did I hear it wrong on the news that there is a water shortage? Did the med school know about it and just decide to completely ignore that? Why did they have to pick this inopportune time to wash the entire building? I would rather want to see that water diverted to the farms or wherever there is a shortage of water on the island.
John A. Burns School of Medicine may be the jewel of education in Hawaii, but they are definitely not considerate of the island lifestyle or situations. What does medical knowledge mean without any practical senses? If you want to educate your med students, educate them right. Are we raising doctors who would tell their dehydrated patients to drink more water somewhere rather than giving the patients their precious “Evian” water in their hands? I certainly do not want that kind of doctors for myself….
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June 9th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Interesting article. We as a country and overall world are going to have change our behavior so we start using less resources like fresh water. Non-essential activities like pressure washing and decorative water fountains are going to have to greatly limited. It’s not just a Hawaii issue either. The current population of the world is about 6.6 billion and is projected to be around 9 billion by 2050. There are just too many people on this planet and it’s doubtful there are enough resources like water and food for all those people if we continue with the status quo. Environmentalists aren’t the only people concerned, there have been a few studies done by the Defense Department that warn of resource wars in many parts of the world in the next century.
Kudos to you taking shorter showers and converse water. That’s a step in the right direction along with ethical ways of promoting population reduction. One study from Cornell University determined that the carrying capacity of Earth is around 2 billion people.