06-11-2004, 09:15 PM
Actually, they can't realistically do this. This is the canal system that runs from Utah lake up to the Great Salt Lake and water much of the SL Valley. That volume of water, over that distance, could take days to fill and empty the canal.
It's not a matter of a farmer not wanting to "share" the water, or not letting it get down to the next person. It's just that the water is flowing. There is no realistic or feasible way for them to restrict it to certain times of the day. Them not allowing people to spread out the watering through different times of day is wasting more water than the evaporation caused by watering during daytime. Also, by them not allowing people to spread out the watering like this causes bottlenecks of people watering at the same time. This is what could possibly hinder the water from getting down to the next guy.
Please don't judge unless you know the whole story.
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It's not a matter of a farmer not wanting to "share" the water, or not letting it get down to the next person. It's just that the water is flowing. There is no realistic or feasible way for them to restrict it to certain times of the day. Them not allowing people to spread out the watering through different times of day is wasting more water than the evaporation caused by watering during daytime. Also, by them not allowing people to spread out the watering like this causes bottlenecks of people watering at the same time. This is what could possibly hinder the water from getting down to the next guy.
Please don't judge unless you know the whole story.
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