Guest Speaker: Authur Aiu, Board of Water Supply

Having a guest speaker from the Board of Water Supply was a great idea. I had no idea what they really did in our home besides having the responsibility of how we use water for everyday life. The representative's name is Authur Aiu. He did not explain too much about himself, but he did a lot of explaining about the environment and what they do at the Board of Water Supply. What I thought was really interesting was the fact that they recycle our waste water. At first, it seemed gross because I thought he was telling me that my drinking water is the same water that I used to flush. That would be so gross. But, thank goodness that he told us that they have other use of this water. Also another thing that interested me was the fact that we have more than enough water currently. And if we ever ran out of the water that we get from the rain, then we could always desalinate salt water from the ocean. But the cost of water will rise by three to seven times.


Notes:
Wind blow rain clouds.
We have the perfect mountains that slows the rain cloud.
Most water that evaporates go through plants first.
Our island is like a huge sponge made of lava rocks which filters the rain water.
100 to 155 Million gallons of water are being pumped by the Board of Water Supply everyday. Population rises while the amount of water being pump is still steady.
As long as there's an ocean, we will never run out of water.
In 2020 to 2025, they are ready to desalt water.
De-salting water rates will rise 3-7x
De-salting water will be expensive with energy-wise.
We are recycling waste-water. They are not recycling waste-water for us to drink again. All of the 9 golf courses are using the recycled water.
Purple-pipe contains recycled water.
2-1/2 gallons per minute Facet
10 gallons per minute Hose
3 gallons per flush toliet but now 1.8 gallons per flush