H2O

Summer time is well on its way, and that translates to playing in the water. Did you know though, that the human body needs 2.5 gallons of water a day, either through food or drink? Water is a valuable resource to all of us. The amount of water on the earth has not increased nor decreased throughout the history of the earth. The water we're drinking today has always been there, and could have been consumed by a prehistoric dinosaur at one time. It's estimated, the water we're using today has been recycled 7 to 10 times, depending on location. Try not to be too disgusted, you still have to take in 2.5 gallons today:) Instead of paying for water from the utilities to water our lawn and garden, we decided to get it for free. We found an online, do-it-yourself, plans to make a rain barrel. We had an old plastic barrel from a water softener, and reused that. We have $20 or less in converting it. It'll probably pay for itself by mid summer. Back to swimming though. There was a poll taken involving kids 6-12 years old. Only 17% of them admitted to ever peeing in a pool. I think that figure needs to be closer to 100%. And 75% of them thought that their public pool has never been peed in. Somebody needs to present these kids with the facts! On second thought, let them have their fun.