So how does California deal with a drought?

[BarTopDancer]

Thanks for that brick and toilet info Alex. I didn't know that the newer toilets were already low flow.

As for showers, personally, they are usually 5 minutes or less. But without the water pressure to wash my hair, the time goes up as I try to get the shampoo and conditioner out of my hair. Perhaps the water usage is 6 of one, half a dozen of the other but I feel as if I am using less water without the flow restrictor because the time is less. But that's just me.

[€uroMeinke]

I thought we just stole water from other states? I love long showers.

[ozron]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Put a brick or milk jug full of water in your toilet tank.

Wait...the brick goes in the toilet TANK? Yeah, I guess that would be better....

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

My first suggestion: let all the golf courses die a grisly death.

For that statement, you should be shot!

Originally Posted by Chernabog

It's raining like crazy now :P

Which is almost totally irrelevant to the drought (in Southern California). Since (as Alex pointed out) most of our water comes from the Sierras and the Colorado River, rain here is just a way to pollute the oceans.

[Alex]

Hey I like golf as much as the next person but you have to admit that in a time of serious water shortage, keeping 7000 yards of fairway a beautiful green should be a pretty low priority.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

Hey I like golf as much as the next person but you have to admit that in a time of serious water shortage, keeping 7000 yards of fairway a beautiful green should be a pretty low priority.

No, it shouldn't.

(and this is all said with tongue in cheek)

[Alex]

Sorry, you never know with golfers.

I once worked with a group trying to get a local golf course to change the way they used chemicals since it was all running off into a nearby steam. Based on member's reactions you'd think we were stringing up their children after first sexually molesting them (and I think some of them would have actually found that more palatable).