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Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 02:42:20 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 5:02:52 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>>> On 6 Aug 2020 18:10:43 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I get bulk water delivered to my home from Sparkletts. Tenk refill almost
>>>> two weeks late. No answer at either 800 number. No answer to two USPS
>>>> letters or an email.
>>>>
>>>> Do you get bulk water? Still coming? I'm afraid COVID put my water supplier
>>>> out of business. No problems mentioned though on Google or at their web
>>>> site.
>>>
>>> Why are you messing with water deliveries, having to dispose of
>>> polluting plastic bottles, and get outrageous bills for water that
>>> you've no idea if it's really clean, very likely from someone's rubber
>>> garden hose. I get all the pure water I want from a tap at my kitchen
>>> sink, cleaner than any delivered water... I installed a reverse
>>> osmosis filter, makes pure water for about 5¢ a gallon. I fill my own
>>> plastic bottles that are made to be refilled.

>>
>> IIRC, Ken lives in the desert. You should be smart enough to figure
>> out the rest.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton

>
> I know people I worked with who bow live in a desert... Las Vegas, New
> Mexico... people there have wells. And occasionaly it rains a quick
> deluge, they catch that water on their roof and pipe it into a cistern
> for gardening water. In modern times lots of people live in deserts
> and have water by several methods, notably wells.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_New_Mexico
> When I lived in San Diego I had friends who now live here and they
> have water:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California
>


Popeye, when did they move las vegas from nevada to new mexico?

I bet it was a hell of a job dragging those big casinos.