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Water is an important part of our daily activities. In our homes we use it in many ways - for drinking, cooking, cleaning, washing, flushing the toilet, watering the garden and washing the car. In the wider community water is used for fire fighting, irrigating pastures and crops, sustaining livestock, and in industrial and manufacturing processes. We use water in vast amounts every day.
We are fortunate in Hamilton city to have an almost unlimited water supply right on our doorstep. However, this doesn't mean that we can use as much water as we want. The more water we use the more it costs to collect, treat water to drinking standards and to deliver water to our homes. The more water we waste, coupled with a growing population in Hamilton could lead to water shortages in the city in future. |
