Letter: Water woes near

Editor, Daily News:

Recently in the Daily News there was a story on Southwest Florida water utilities' plan to spend $1.7 billion by 2025 to slake the thirst of a population that will surge to 1.6 million residents. They will be using a technology to turn brackish water into fresh water through reverse osmosis. By 2025 they now expect 674,000 new residents.

The way we are using our water, I don't think it will work — too many new homes that have nice lawns and lots of trees, etc.

For people living in the Southwest, there is the rapid depletion of the Colorado River, the main water source for Arizona, Nevada and California. The worst example is Las Vegas. They are heading for dehydration, and everybody knows it. Yet, the residents consume 308 gallons of water per day per person.

The price of water must be allowed to rise and force people to come to their senses by taking shorter showers, modifying lawn care, washing cars less often, etc. Maybe it will cost more for water than oil.

Peter W. Bonny, Naples