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Show Don't waste water, officials warn Americans use almost 20 billion gallons of water each day. This amounts to 150 gallons gal-lons for every man, woman and child in the country. "In less thon two days, the tonnage ton-nage of water supply exceeds the total production of the nation's na-tion's steel industry for an entire en-tire year., it is stated. Yet, water is one of the things we take for granted. In truth, the unending flow of pure, safe water is possible only because of farsighted planning, sound engineering and constant vigilance on the part of public and water utility util-ity officials. Don't waste it. By 1975 U.S. industry will need almost as much water as the entire United States uses now for all purposes combined according to Thomas F. Wolfe, managing director of the Cast Iron Pipe Research Association of Chicago. "Now is the time for citizens citi-zens to be concerned with their water facilities," Wolfe warned, warn-ed, "not when it become a major problem." Estimated needs for water will grow at least 270 in the next 25 years. |