06-11-2004, 07:14 PM
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Don't they realize that the canals don't stop running during daylight hours? If people don't use that water during the daylight hours, it just runs up into the great salt lake and is evaporated (wasted). Realistically they should have people using that water around the clock. [/reply]
which is exactly why many of the reservoirs will dry up again this year. Farmers will continue to water and flood their fields even during a week long rainstorm. Why? Because that is their water that is running down the canal, and they will be damned to let the next guy down use their water! Why can't the alfalfa farmers conserve water, as well as the rest of us home users? We have restrictions on times of day we can water, yet the agricultural people will continue to water when watering isn't necessary.....all because they aren't going to let what little shares they have left get passed on to the next guy....or hit the next reservoir downstream...
Too bad...our fish are going to suffer this year....and next.
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Don't they realize that the canals don't stop running during daylight hours? If people don't use that water during the daylight hours, it just runs up into the great salt lake and is evaporated (wasted). Realistically they should have people using that water around the clock. [/reply]
which is exactly why many of the reservoirs will dry up again this year. Farmers will continue to water and flood their fields even during a week long rainstorm. Why? Because that is their water that is running down the canal, and they will be damned to let the next guy down use their water! Why can't the alfalfa farmers conserve water, as well as the rest of us home users? We have restrictions on times of day we can water, yet the agricultural people will continue to water when watering isn't necessary.....all because they aren't going to let what little shares they have left get passed on to the next guy....or hit the next reservoir downstream...
Too bad...our fish are going to suffer this year....and next.
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