‘LONDON Reuters – Americans can save some of the 225 billion gallons of water 852 billion liters wasted each year through over-watering by installing smart systems which deliver just the right amount of moisture.’<\/p>\n

via Smart tech could save billions of liters of water | Green Business | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article goes on to include interesting factoids from a RiverNetwork.org report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“U.S. water-related energy use is at least 521 million megawatt hours a year — equivalent to 13 percent of the nation’s electricity consumption,” said a River Network Carbon Footprint of Water report published in May.<\/p>\n

“The carbon associated with moving, treating and heating water in the U.S. is at least 290 million tonnes a year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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