The Drought and Water Use in California

[bobabode]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...407-story.html

Shit just got real out here. 135 water districts will have to cut use by 35%.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by bobabode

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...407-story.html

Shit just got real out here. 135 water districts will have to cut use by 35%.

Pretty crazy stuff. There is talk leaking out that some sort of action is going to happen here too. I say start with the golf courses.

[Zeke]

Cut by ~1/3?

That's pretty Draconian, no?

[nailer]

Time to ban the hissing of summer lawns.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

Pretty crazy stuff. There is talk leaking out that some sort of action is going to happen here too. I say start with the golf courses.

We've been talking about turf removal with the water district for the last year. They'll pay up to $3.00 per sq. ft. to rip it out and replace with decomposed granite and xeriscaping.

[Rajoo]

We dug up the grass in the backyard last month. Next, we will be digging out the grass from our front yard. At this rate, California should simply outlaw grass as a ground cover.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

, California should simply outlaw grass as a ground cover.

Phoenix should have done it long ago.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by bobabode

We've been talking about turf removal with the water district for the last year. They'll pay up to $3.00 per sq. ft. to rip it out and replace with decomposed granite and xeriscaping.

Are many people doing it ?

[barbara]

We are putting in some decorative stamped concrete in our backyard. Not covering the whole yard but reducing the amount of lawn space by extending sidewalk and patios.

[finnbow]

Agriculture uses 80% of California's water, yet is not subject to the new restrictions (or so I read). It seems to me that restricting lawn-watering and car-washing is only going to get California so far.