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| Greenbuilding Archive for November 2002 |
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| 255 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:27:33 2002 |
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Re: [GBlist] A note on why to conserve water...
I live in Vancouver BC, where there's generally an abundant supply of fresh
water (average rainfall 43" annually). We are fortunate enough to have a
conservatively minded local 'government' in the form of the GVRD, *every*
year regardless of water levels, there's a watering restriction in place,
and they make the effort to educate the public on water use. Make it an
issue locally, elect officials who support conservation.
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/services/water/conserve/index.html#watersprinkle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sacie Lambertson" <dlambert@grasshoppernet.com>
To: <byrdelc@directcon.net>
Cc: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [GBlist] A note on why to conserve water...
> > Sacie do you think you could store enough rain water in an underground>
> cistern to irrigate your landscaping during the summer months?
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> No Ron I don't, not with only 8" annual rain fall; it isn't only during
> the summer months that yards here are watered, it is year round. Southern
> California is warm country. We just returned from a shorts and short
> sleeved bicycle ride from Santa Monica, through Venice and south along the
> beach; ate in the sun in 74 degrees.. No, the 'solution' in this natural
> desert country would be to abandon the idea that one needs to have a New
> England green sort of yard. A combination of xeriscaping with drip
> irrigation and the use of lots the local rock would greatly reduce the
> need for water in this area. One person in our neighborhood has a rock
> yard and its beautiful.
> Eventually as areas of our country get more crowded, mirroring more the
> conditions of Europe or Asia, the American mindset will change but that
> won't be in our lifetimes. In the meantime however, I am convinced that
> the problem of diminishing water will be an issue that most Americans will
> face in the next several decades. Sacie Lambertson
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