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Accepting the Affordability Challenge
Author(s) -
Mumm Jason
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0069
Subject(s) - laundry , surprise , gallon (us) , business , economics , environmental science , psychology , political science , waste management , social psychology , law , engineering
Wouldn't it surprise people to know that in exchange for 25 cents, they could soak themselves with about 50 gallons of water? That's enough water to take about two baths, wash a load of laundry, run a dishwasher about 10 times, or brush your teeth about 400 times. But here's a question: If water is so ridiculously cheap, why is it that everyone seems to think that it's so impossibly expensive?