The Sacramento Delta: A Gordian Knot - The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century - page 217

Late in the afternoon, we rolled through slanting light and shadows and billowing fog to
Gleick's house, in Berkeley. He showed me his low-flush toilet, his front-mounted wash-
er and dryer, and his gray-water irrigation system for the garden. The house was like a
living laboratory for his work, a glimpse inside his mind. It is tasteful but modest, water-
efficient, surrounded by greenery, and inhabited by a family that treads lightly on the
earth. This environment is very much like the ideal Gleick imagines for the entire state
of California, and perhaps the world beyond it.
“Ahhhh,” he said, after gulping down a tall, cool glass of Hetch Hetchy water drawn
from the kitchen tap. “That tastes really good. You get thirsty out there!”