Comments on: Water Conservation – Cities Thinking Backwards?

By: Ted Simpson

Ted Simpson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:50:52 +0000

Here in Austin )(Texas), the City gives credit towards a free toilet, too. But we are semi-arid here and water-waving toilets isn’t going to make a dent in the drought we face. Our major aquifer, Lake Travis, is now down to just 38% full. You’d think water use restrictions would be more strict than they are: water lawns twice per week and any day by hand. Water rates are structured such that there is no incentive to save. In fact, the more you use, the lower the rate per 10,000-gallon segment of usage. We need more capture of that rare rain and more impoundments. I have been to Minneapolis many times and used to live south of there in Iowa. The rain was aplenty! I did not know you had water conservation issues. Thanks for the education.

By: Allison Crawford

Allison Crawford — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:47:33 +0000

I think people should start caring more about water, it`ll be a big issue in the future

By: Robert Zuniga

Robert Zuniga — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:23:48 +0000

Conserving Water makes good sense. Another consideration is to landscape with local plants and flowers as well as drought resistant specie to further reduce the need for unnecessary watering.