Ways to conserve water:

• Keep showers under five minutes
• Turn water off while brushing your teeth
• Wash only full loads of dishes or clothes
• Replace older model showerheads and faucet aerators with new low-flow models and install low water use toilets
• Inspect toilets for silent leaks by putting food coloring in the toilet tank. If colored water leaks into the toilet bowl before flushing, water is being lost due to a worn flapper
• Refrain from washing any vehicle or motorbike unless the dirt poses a driving hazard
• Refrain from washing down any sidewalk, walkway, driveway, parking lot or any other hard-surfaced area
• Refrain from filling, refilling or adding water to any indoor or outdoor swimming pool, spa or whirlpool.

As I was walking up, I saw a marquee in front of the building highlighting the Westlake Solar Project and the energy it has saved. I thought it might have been counting oil barrels drilled or something else spill related.

Then I was told I can’t take pictures of this building so I left. Anyway, if the security gaurds that were writing down my license plate number were wondering what I was doing you can read it here.

BP has an amazing enterprise with the brightest engineers, phenomenal innovation, and unlimited finances… So why can’t they shut down the wellhead at the Deepwater Horizon site with all these resources?
Why does their headquarters office look like a graveyard on a Sunday morning? Are all the staff actually out cleaning up along the gulf? I would have expected to see a bustling office with employees working round the clock to figure out an end to this scenario…