Water Restrictions

[briansd1]

[quote=flu] if you consumed X gallons same time last year, you’re allowed X+some cushion…If that’s true, once again, folks who were “savers” get punished. Sound familiar?
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I read something like that too. That is lame.

Savers are punished.

Larger households are also punished, when in truth
larger households are more resource efficient.

People who have larger spaces and larger lots should pay more for their lifestyle decisions.

We all know what happens when you have the wrong incentives in place: fraud and gaming of the system.

[Eugene]

[quote=meadandale]How on earth can someone use a half million gallons of water in two months? Or even a quarter of a million? That’s 5-10k gallons A DAY!!!

And here I am feeling guilty about my 300 sq feet of lawn that I water a couple times a week for 5 minutes and my vegetable garden.[/quote]

Grass lawns require 1 inch of water per week (assuming no rain). That’s 4000 gallons per day per acre.

Many folks in Northeast Poway have far more than one acre.

Guess how much water it takes to maintain this?

On the other hand, if you replace those lawns with trees and bushes and do drip irrigation, water consumption goes down drastically.

[Eugene]

[quote=meadandale]How on earth can someone use a half million gallons of water in two months? Or even a quarter of a million? That’s 5-10k gallons A DAY!!!

And here I am feeling guilty about my 300 sq feet of lawn that I water a couple times a week for 5 minutes and my vegetable garden.[/quote]

Grass lawns require 1 inch of water per week (assuming no rain). That’s 4000 gallons per day per acre.

Many folks in Northeast Poway have far more than one acre.

Guess how much water it takes to maintain this?

On the other hand, if you replace those lawns with trees and bushes and do drip irrigation, water consumption goes down drastically.

[Eugene]

[quote=meadandale]How on earth can someone use a half million gallons of water in two months? Or even a quarter of a million? That’s 5-10k gallons A DAY!!!

And here I am feeling guilty about my 300 sq feet of lawn that I water a couple times a week for 5 minutes and my vegetable garden.[/quote]

Grass lawns require 1 inch of water per week (assuming no rain). That’s 4000 gallons per day per acre.

Many folks in Northeast Poway have far more than one acre.

Guess how much water it takes to maintain this?

On the other hand, if you replace those lawns with trees and bushes and do drip irrigation, water consumption goes down drastically.

[Eugene]

[quote=meadandale]How on earth can someone use a half million gallons of water in two months? Or even a quarter of a million? That’s 5-10k gallons A DAY!!!

And here I am feeling guilty about my 300 sq feet of lawn that I water a couple times a week for 5 minutes and my vegetable garden.[/quote]

Grass lawns require 1 inch of water per week (assuming no rain). That’s 4000 gallons per day per acre.

Many folks in Northeast Poway have far more than one acre.

Guess how much water it takes to maintain this?

On the other hand, if you replace those lawns with trees and bushes and do drip irrigation, water consumption goes down drastically.

[Eugene]

[quote=meadandale]How on earth can someone use a half million gallons of water in two months? Or even a quarter of a million? That’s 5-10k gallons A DAY!!!

And here I am feeling guilty about my 300 sq feet of lawn that I water a couple times a week for 5 minutes and my vegetable garden.[/quote]

Grass lawns require 1 inch of water per week (assuming no rain). That’s 4000 gallons per day per acre.

Many folks in Northeast Poway have far more than one acre.

Guess how much water it takes to maintain this?

On the other hand, if you replace those lawns with trees and bushes and do drip irrigation, water consumption goes down drastically.

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[Anonymous]

Are we in a drought, are we saving the delta smelt, or are we bankrolling the replacement of water district infrastructure? If we are going to pay more for water, I wish we could get consistent / accurate info on why rates are going up.

[Anonymous]

Are we in a drought, are we saving the delta smelt, or are we bankrolling the replacement of water district infrastructure? If we are going to pay more for water, I wish we could get consistent / accurate info on why rates are going up.

[Anonymous]

Are we in a drought, are we saving the delta smelt, or are we bankrolling the replacement of water district infrastructure? If we are going to pay more for water, I wish we could get consistent / accurate info on why rates are going up.

[Anonymous]

Are we in a drought, are we saving the delta smelt, or are we bankrolling the replacement of water district infrastructure? If we are going to pay more for water, I wish we could get consistent / accurate info on why rates are going up.

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