There are creative ways to recycle and reuse water, but as with most issues of sustainability, the best option is to simply use less. “There’s a fixed amount of water,” Kai Olson-Sawyer, senior research and policy analyst at the Water Footprint Program. “As the demand goes up on water, more and more straws go into the drink, there’s more competition over that shared water resource.” Though drought-prone areas in the West tend to be more sensitive to water issues, water is a finite resour
