I mean, when you turn on the faucet, it still comes out.  The main way we see it expressed is in astronomical water bills, increased risk of fires, and near pagan like celebration anytime we get rain, which we did over the weekend.  The 4th time this YEAR we've had rain.  Let that sink in.

It's obviously a great concern to everyone.  Most lawns are going unwatered, and there's now a cottage industry of folks that will remove your grass and replace them with drought tolerant plants instead.  If you do keep your lawn, it's actually illegal in LA to water it during the daytime.  What YOU may not know is that if you live anywhere in the....I dunno WORLD...you actually are taking water away from us.

So there's Los Angeles, right?  Then there's San Francisco.  It's about a 6 hour drive.  Everything between those two cities that isn't next to the ocean, is farm.  Farms that make most of the worlds almonds, avocados, strawberries, and a whole shit load of other plants that we can raise year round because fuck seasons, am I right?  We also make a TON of beef and poultry and all that gets shipped literally world wide.  Agriculture constitutes 80% of our water usage, and its not like we can just stop whenevs.  So yeah, I turn off the faucet when I'm lathering my hands and only turn back on to rinse, but the real problem is we gotta figure out more efficient crop management or we're seriously fucked.

Also, fuck Nestle.

Nestle makes Dasani brand bottled water and sources their water in California.  They have no intention of slowing down.

Well, I was never a fan of their water but I won't be buying any.

I keep hearing about it on the news. It's kind of scary.

Here in the States, we have both types - "natural spring water" and just "water in a bottle".  They're labeled appropriately, but I doubt everybody reads the labels that closely.  Dasani is indeed just tap water put into bottles.  It's not illegal but I bet a lot of people would be surprised to know that's all it is.

Penn&Teller did a Bullshit episode long ago about bottled water - my favorite tidbit was that bottled water is classed as a food product, so it's regulated by the FDA. But the FDA doesn't put a high priority on checking bottles of water vs. putting their efforts into making sure meat and produce aren't full of deadly bacteria and so on.  Meanwhile, tap water is regulated by umpteen different agencies to make sure it's safe.  So anyone who drinks bottled water on the assumption that it's somehow "safer" than tap water has it exactly backwards.