We have friends ten miles away and their well went dry last year. They had to drill a new one at about $4500.

Believe it or not, the Northwest experienced a drought last year.

It was a scary sight to see reservoirs that were usually beautiful lakes now just stump-lined mud puddles. (Slight exaggeration.)

As far as toilet flushing goes, when Seattleites were ask to cut back on watering and to limit toilet flushing, the savings amounted to millions of gallons/day and mandatory restrictions were avoided.

There is the old saying "waste not want not". There are similar spiritual and metaphysical laws that echo the same sentiment.

For me, conservation (no matter what the supply) just feels right.