Water water everywhere

Read in the Union Tribune they are starting to put individual water meters in apartments here in San Diego. Four years of drought has really stressed California. They are considering tough legislation:

"The measure, Senate Bill 407, would force owners of most residential and commercial real estate built before 1994 to bring plumbing up to current requirements for water conservation. Homes would have to be in compliance by 2017; apartments and businesses would have until 2019. Anyone putting property on the market would have to make the upgrades before completing a sale. "

According to the Wall Street Journal: The key point of contention is the insistence by Mr. Schwarzenegger and GOP leaders on a bond measure for as much as $12 billion that would finance new dams and other water-infrastructure improvements.
Mr. Schwarzenegger has said the state needs more dams to help store water for its growing population. "We have been decades talking about water infrastructure, and we've got to bring it up to date," he told a conference of community-college trustees in San Francisco Thursday.

At the end of the day it is a consumption problem, you can help, simply modifying the way you take a shower can save 20 gallons of water a day. Treehugger has the following suggestion, "1) Low-flow showerheads like Bricor's shiny showerhead and this model from Gaiam (they used to be Real Goods: here's an updated link to purchase one) with a pause button cut back the flow to 1 gallon per minute (GPM), which, depending on your current shower, could save you two to four gallons each minute you're in the shower.2) The Aqua Helix takes it a step further, squeezing out just 1/2 GPM. "

Pat still takes showers like he did in the Navy, he gets wet, turns off the water, soaps up. Turns the water back on to rinse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye6eaBnnKR0
Here is a cute video entitled save water, shower with a friend, don't worry it is PG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskHFvII9g4

I don't do that, it is nice to have the water running when I shampoo so my hair does not tangle, but I do try to be sensitive to my water usage.

As a final note, Pat has always liked girls in showers as a theme, here are couple of his favorites:
Asian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9flyMYqCi7M
Short, 8 seconds, with nipple showing through shirt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP_vd4bblDs&feature=related
And of course, a lovely Brazilian girl doing her shower dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNHlJ3WpDw0