Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2003

Keywords

Rainwater harvesting

Abstract

As population and consumption levels continue to increase against a fixed supply of renewable fresh water, creative new ways of sustaining this resource must be explored. Particularly in the Pacific Northwest, climatic variability and increasing water demands are creating a situation that is forcing water resource managers to critically examine the sustainability of current water usage. The drought-like summer conditions of 2002 forced the City of Bellingham Public Works into distributing the majority of all legally available freshwater from the Lake Whatcom reservoir, yet there are no financial-based incentives encouraging Bellingham residents to decrease their water consumption. The price of water remains low due to flat-rate single-family residential fees subsidizing the metered cost of business usage. However, the cost of water is rising as freshwater ecosystems become stressed under increasing populations.

Department

Environmental Sciences

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Urban hydrology--Washington (State)--Bellingham; Water conservation--Washington (State)--Bellingham; Water harvesting--Washington (State)--Bellingham; Water balace (Hydrlogy)--Washington (State)--Bellingham

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Boundary Bay Brewery (Bellingham, Wash.)

Geographic Coverage

Bellingham (Wash.)

Genre/Form

student projects; term papers

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Rights Statement

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Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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