[Opinion] Opinion – Howard Whiteman: The Elixir of Life, a precious natural resource — and car washes

Opinion – Howard Whiteman: The Elixir of Life, a precious natural resource — and car washes

Parked at a laundromat in Gunnison, Colorado doesn’t seem to be the best place to think about water issues, but it was. Near the laundromat is a car wash, and the last time I was there it was bristling with business, with cars, trucks, and RVs in line to use the self-service wash. All of this was amazing to me, as I knew that the entire region was in drought, that the Gunnison and Colorado rivers were running low, and that the nearby Blue Mesa r…