aggie93 said:
Quick update:
Lake Corpus up to 17%, Texana at 93% and rising fast, Choke Canyon only up to 7.6% though.
Still haven't heard any argument as to why we aren't doing everything we can to get houses and businesses to use rainwater catchment systems. They get 30 inches of rain per year in Corpus on average that's a boatload of water that could be stored and take strain off the system. Instead they are pushing rainwater barrels that do almost nothing except virtue signal.
I would severely berate any neighbor using these barrels, otherwise known as mosquito farms.
I don't think capturing rainwater is a feasible answer. I mean that's what ground and surface water sources already are (I know that's not what you meant). But what you CAN do is capture condensate. In a way, we do that to a certain degree as it ends up in the sanitary system, generally speaking, so it becomes available as wastewater for those that can use it. But it is pure water that can be consumed if there was a realistic way to collect it separate from sanitary systems.
A great example is a project I am working on that requires pretty much 24 hour running AC systems from a central plant that utilizes an evaporative cooling tower. The condensate that will be captured (100% outside air requirement) and recycled to the cooling tower supply which is sufficient for up to 90% of the water usage on a design day when the environment is warm enough and humid enough, which in Corpus Christi is dang near most of the time. This will save hundreds if not thousands of gallons per day of potable water from the city source which would otherwise be evaporated away.
I also capture water from a de-humidifier which is sufficient on a daily basis to keep my potted plants watered without having to turn on the hose. It is amazing how much water is in the air.
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