08-15-2013, 08:51 PM
Okay so we all know this year is a hard water year right?Yeah that's what I thought, but how many of you took the time to think about our poor water management skills ? Before I begin, I'm just gonna get this out of the way...I don't have any factual statistics and won't be taking the time to look them up but in my observation, I've noticed several things.
1. We had a stretch this summer where it was raining almost every day. Lots of people and companies still had their sprinklers running as it was raining!
2. Basically every day when I go to my gym Lifetime fitness, I turn onto riverfront parkway street from 10400 South and see a fountain running on that corner as I make the turn. Should we or do we really need fountains using water just to make our drive more scenic?
3. The Canals by my house are still full as ever and they don't need to be. I've lived at my home all 19 years so I know how the use of that irrigation canal goes. It's totally full all year and then its completely drained by october/novemberish. By lowering the water level even by a foot or 2, lots of water would be saved and not wasted(it'd keep UT lake a little higher and less water would be evaporated in the baking sun.
4. I forgot the stat but my highschool's baseball coach(who at the time was the man in charge of watering the field) said they watered the field only once per week or once every two weeks(I forget but it was one of the two). The class he taught was science research and we had a discussion about this and he specifically said we don't need to be watering our lawns every night and no, they wouldn't be brown//yellow if we didn't.
5. Lots of our hygene time uses extra water that doesn't need to. How many of you(I'm guilty myself) leave the water running as you're brushing your teeth? Also, think about the last time you took a bath...did you really need to fill it up all the way?
Can't think of anything else at the moment but I'm sure either you or I will. But yeah, I think our low water years are greatly exaggerated because of our poor water management skills. Does anyone else agree/disagree or have any other comments?
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1. We had a stretch this summer where it was raining almost every day. Lots of people and companies still had their sprinklers running as it was raining!
2. Basically every day when I go to my gym Lifetime fitness, I turn onto riverfront parkway street from 10400 South and see a fountain running on that corner as I make the turn. Should we or do we really need fountains using water just to make our drive more scenic?
3. The Canals by my house are still full as ever and they don't need to be. I've lived at my home all 19 years so I know how the use of that irrigation canal goes. It's totally full all year and then its completely drained by october/novemberish. By lowering the water level even by a foot or 2, lots of water would be saved and not wasted(it'd keep UT lake a little higher and less water would be evaporated in the baking sun.
4. I forgot the stat but my highschool's baseball coach(who at the time was the man in charge of watering the field) said they watered the field only once per week or once every two weeks(I forget but it was one of the two). The class he taught was science research and we had a discussion about this and he specifically said we don't need to be watering our lawns every night and no, they wouldn't be brown//yellow if we didn't.
5. Lots of our hygene time uses extra water that doesn't need to. How many of you(I'm guilty myself) leave the water running as you're brushing your teeth? Also, think about the last time you took a bath...did you really need to fill it up all the way?
Can't think of anything else at the moment but I'm sure either you or I will. But yeah, I think our low water years are greatly exaggerated because of our poor water management skills. Does anyone else agree/disagree or have any other comments?
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