Water conservation may not seem to be necessary in a state surrounded by water on three sides and filled with thousands of water bodies, but not all of the water is available for drinking or irrigation. Florida's public water supply is dependent on an underground aquifer that has collected water for millions of years. Inconstant weather cycles with abundant rain followed by drought can not replace the millions of gallons of water that are used daily by a growing population. Although Florida receives an average of fifty-five inches of rain per year, about sixty-five percent of that will evaporate. Only a relatively small percentage of total rainfall replenishes the ground and surface water supplies. It's up to all of us to conserve now and for the future.
             Like many things around us, we seldom appreciate what is plentiful and easy to obtain. What could be more plentiful than water? To get water all we do is just turn on the faucet twenty-four hours a day and it's there, ready to use. But think again, the water we use doesn't just magically appear.
             Treated water is a carefully manufactured product that appears in people's home only after traveling through many miles of distribution pipeline and lengthy treatment processes. It's a valuable resource that should not be wasted.
             Just one percent of the entire water supply in the world is available for human use, the rest is salty or locked in ice caps and glaciers. This relatively small one- percent keeps the entire world's agricultural, manufacturing, community, personal household and sanitation needs operating. We actually drink very little of our processed drinking water (only around one percent of all treated water). The rest goes on lawns, in washing machines, and down toilets and drains.
             There are many ways to conserve water reduce unnecessary waste outdoors. Outdoors, for instance one can practice "Water-wise landscaping". This means evaluating how much
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