S. Africa Cage Dive Trip

While I was in Cape Town and Simon's Town there were water regulations set to help reduce the use of water since their reservoir was running low. Even at that time they were talking about bringing in desalination ships to help provide water for consumption. Since I have been back I have been keeping up with the water problems and how much worse they are now. Today I read an article   that really shows how bad that water issues have become. This is something that we, in America, take for granted and complain about if the water is shut off for whatever reason. We complain about being able to only water our lawns once a week in the summer. Yes, we talk about water conservation when the lakes a getting low and drought is getting us so that we have to maybe water once every other week but to think about only being able to use 12 gallons of water per person or get down to a little over six gallons per person is overwhelming. In looking at how much water we waste per day makes me feel a

It has been about 2 weeks since I've been back from my trip to S Africa. It has taken a while to process the trip and how amazing it was.  As I reflect on my trip I realize how much we take for granted here in the United States. For example, the water issues that they are having in Cape Town and the potential of having to use water that is processed in a desalination ship. How we just waste water on a regular basis. I have started to take shorter showers and rethink on days that I just want to take a bath and soak. Not to say that I will be giving that up but it does make me think how frequently I do it.  For safe drinking water they have to have filtered water and most restaurants don't offer water  and on the menu the water offered is a lot of times sparkling water or something like that. If you want tap water you have to ask for it (at least the restaurants do filter their water) and it usually has like a lemon in it  Even when you order a drink that isn't water such a