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August 29, 2014

People are saying that we’re wasting water,
But we would have an abundance of water
If we weren’t wasting rain.

We don’t need to be importing it or exporting water anywhere because rain falls where it is meant to fall.

If we properly used water retention landscaping to absorb the water in the places it falls, it would eventually become water for the oceans, but not before it was fresh spring water.

Where we could do as many ice bucket challenges we want to

where soil and earth could abosrb that water, we could shower ourselves, have disposable water,

or grow food on the banks.

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