RE: reclaimed water

H* A*

Comrades,

This weekend we had some Israeli visitors who were bemused by our blithe,
turn -on- the- garden- hose NYC watering practices ( we have water piped
into out garden from the NYC system courtesy of the NY Parks Dept.) 

Our visitors, a back-up  El Al  crew in for  UN festivities and former Negev
desert farmers, said that what we had spritzed in that afternoon would have
been sufficient to handle a decent crop of orange trees for a week using
their  drop-by-drop root irrigation systems. 

This may have been a bit of  wry Israeli kibbutz  humor  but it gave us all
pause for thought. Water is gold.

Happy gardening,
Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Verin [SMTP:jverin@pennhort.org]
> Sent:	Monday, September 11, 2000 10:22 AM
> To:	community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	RE: [cg] reclaimed water
> 
> I have heard that asphalt roofing is not safe to collect rain water from
> for
> use on food crops.
> 
> I also believe that in the not-too-distant future we won't have the
> choice,
> re: our wasteful water-use habits combined with population growth and
> climate change.
> 
> Many people worldwide are already in this situation, including in the U.S.
> 
> Last summer's drought pushed several Virginia farmers to suicide, since
> their farms were essentially destroyed.
> 
> "Waste not, want not" may be a cliche, but its better than having no water
> to drink, bathe, grow food... live.
> 
> Happy gardening,
> John
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
> > [c*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of WEBER / ANDERSON
> > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 7:10 PM
> > To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> > Subject: [cg] reclaimed water
> >
> >
> > We are starting a community garden in Tucson AZ  and are planning to use
> > reclaimed water. We have some concern about the water quality affecting
> > the safety of eating the veggie's produced in reclaimed water. Do you
> > know of other communities using reclaimed water for food production?
> > What should we be watching for in the quality of this water as far as
> > water borne viruses and bacteria and minerals?  Thanks you Ingrid
> > Anderson
> >
> >
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