Amid a worsening drought that’s sucked Florida dry for the past two years, the pop legend Celine Dion used 6.5 million gallons of water last year at her home on Jupiter Island, Fla., according to a study done by the Palm Beach Post.
That’s nearly 18,000 gallons of water a day, about 100 times more than the 170-gallons-per-day the average resident uses every day, according to the Florida-based U.S. Water Institute. Dion’s annual water usage could fill more than 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
And she doesn’t even live there.
A 9,800-square-foot home is under construction at the South Florida address. Dion’s publicist did not return phone calls for comment.
South Florida has a whole host of water-related issues. Experts estimate that at least 50 percent of Florida’s water is used for landscaping. Martin says consumers need to return to using native plants, instead of water-guzzling plants that are popular.
Jupiter Island city officials, however, defended Dion’s water use, saying that the songstress needed lots of vegetation to maintain her privacy.
By ASHLEY PHILLIPS
– from abcnews.go.com
These celebrities are becoming a real problem. They are unnecessarily rich. Actually the money the have is from public. The new media technologies allowing them to loot public. If somebody share their work they are called pirates.
If you care about environment please don’t pay for these people. Always share or download their works.
Reject Digital Restrictions Management(DRM).
Huwaa! That’s a lot of water. Hope some other wealthy residents of Jupiter Island Florida will learn to value more the beauty of the place.