Water Conservation: Preparing for Droughts

Host: Joanna Coles, Warren County Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources

Guests: Dr. Amanda Gumbert, UK Extension Water Quality Specialist

Topic: Water Conservation

Joanna Coles meets with Dr. Amanda Gumber to discuss ways to conserve water and be prepared for drought conditions. “Obtaining water from streams, rivers, aquifers, and other water bodies, and trans­ porting it to water treatment facilities requires large amounts of energy. Once at water treatment facilities, energy is needed to pump and process water, and to distribute water to consumers. Further energy is used by consumers to treat water with softeners and filters, circulate and pressurize water with pumps and irrigation systems, and heat and cool water. Then the spent water or wastewater consumes more energy as it is pumped to treatment plants, where it is aerated and filtered. By conserving water, we decrease our demand for energy-intensive systems that obtain, treat, and distribute water. Simply put, by conserving water we save energy.” Read more from the caption source publication here: https://publications.mgcafe.uky.edu/f... Learn how to construct a rain barrel by following this link: https://water.mgcafe.uky.edu/watercon...