There can be. But we are getting to the point of no return where we are going to have to do this. Water is becoming the new oil.
We could do things like not sell our ground water to Nestle to bottle up and send away. And we could charge data centers what the water they use is worth. Gray water for toilets and irrigation is also a thing.
But again, all of that takes competent leadership that believes in infrastructure, and money (that’s currently being spent elsewhere like oil subsidies and ICE recruiting ads).
There’s also a bunch of environmental costs.
There can be. But we are getting to the point of no return where we are going to have to do this. Water is becoming the new oil.
We could do things like not sell our ground water to Nestle to bottle up and send away. And we could charge data centers what the water they use is worth. Gray water for toilets and irrigation is also a thing.
But again, all of that takes competent leadership that believes in infrastructure, and money (that’s currently being spent elsewhere like oil subsidies and ICE recruiting ads).