Comments on: Water Cut Off to 5 Million People in Mexico City http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/11/water-cut-off-to-5-million-people-in-mexico-city/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gavin Hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/11/water-cut-off-to-5-million-people-in-mexico-city/comment-page-1/#comment-54797 Gavin Hudson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:00:44 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2771#comment-54797 Dear Freddy, Thanks for your readership. I'm not sure if your comment is in earnest, but I'll treat it as if it is. 50% of water is lost to leaky piping. That's one half (50% = 1/2) of the water. That is to say that an equal amount of water (1/2) is lost to leaks as is not lost to leaks (the other 1/2). In other words, 50% + 50% = 100%. The "glass of water" analogy was intended to make the percentage statistic easier for readers to relate to. Dear Freddy,

Thanks for your readership. I’m not sure if your comment is in earnest, but I’ll treat it as if it is. 50% of water is lost to leaky piping. That’s one half (50% = 1/2) of the water. That is to say that an equal amount of water (1/2) is lost to leaks as is not lost to leaks (the other 1/2). In other words, 50% + 50% = 100%. The “glass of water” analogy was intended to make the percentage statistic easier for readers to relate to.

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]]> By: Freddy http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/11/water-cut-off-to-5-million-people-in-mexico-city/comment-page-1/#comment-54798 Freddy Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:57:53 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2771#comment-54798 "It’s estimated that for every glass of water that comes out of a tap in Mexico city, the same amount ended up leaking out of the city’s pipes before it could reach the faucet. The problem of losing 50% of the city’s water to leaky pipes" I think your math is off. “It’s estimated that for every glass of water that comes out of a tap in Mexico city, the same amount ended up leaking out of the city’s pipes before it could reach the faucet. The problem of losing 50% of the city’s water to leaky pipes”

I think your math is off.

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