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So how does California deal with a drought?
For the past two years or so we've had a drought here in Georgia. The water source our area uses, Lake Lanier is three months away from not having enough water for everyone to use. Some state officials are saying this could be "a disaster on the same line as Katrina). If we don't get any beneficial rains soon things are not looking good.
I know that y'all out there in California, specifically SoCal, have to deal with dry weather all the time. How do you conserve water to keep from being in a situation where no one can flush their toilets (that's where we are heading)? |
Preferred Solution: Steal more from farther north or farther east. Seriously, very little of SoCal's water is indigenous (about 12%) to the area so while it is always dry, that doesn't necessarily impact their water supply. For Los Angeles water supply, drought in Northern California is a much bigger problem than drought in Southern California.
That said, I think most people who have lived in California long enough have gone through a "if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down" period (or at least they all talk like they have). I've been in the Bay Area about 10 years now and missed the last one here by just a couple years. My first suggestion: let all the golf courses die a grisly death. |
A good idea. Actually it is a little longer than three months...more like five-six but you get the picture.
We usually get a lot of rain so we are not used to this kind of thing. |
Mostly we deny we have a problem. When we do have a crisis, we'll just panic and get stupid.
Me, I try to be smart about my water use and hope others do as well. |
I havent' washed my car in a while. It's really dirty. I justify it because Long Beach is under strict water restrictions at the moment.
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Haha, yeah, drought means a dirty car for me, or at least an excuse for a dirty car ;)
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The City of Garden Grove just bumped our water bill up about 65%, so that made me go into if it yellow, let it mello mode. But normally I try to be carefull about water use anyway.
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I have started turning the hose off at night. Usually I let the hose run until I need it, which is not often, as the continuously running water from the hose drowned my lawn a long time ago.
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It's raining like crazy now :P
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I think we need to start draining oceans - besides, they're gonna rise anyway with global warming.
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