RE: city water
- Subject: RE: city water
- From: M* D*
- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 11:34:08 -0700
Dear Claire,
Please see my comments below*
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Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 3:20 PM
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Subject: Re: Dry Zones
But Marilyn, clean drinking water is very expensive to produce from your
tap.
The restrictions here are to deter people from using these underground
automatic systems to keep the grass green.(We have no restrictions, just sky
high rates). If you want to
sprinkle your
acres on automatic timers and run expensive water all over the cities, I
guess you will have pay for it. (I have no acres and no automatic watering
system.)
A hand held hose is far less expensive. (This is what I use.)
Since I have litttle use for grass, I guess I can say this and not have to
duck in my house but a lot of homeowners like grass. (Yes they do)
Which brings me around to say to you that since you are a business that
requires water shouldn't you have a water agreement apart from the grass
guys. I think in many places here nurseries have different billing systems
than people with two acres of lawn. (Undoubtedly in other places this is
true - not here. Some day when you have 2 or 3 hours, I will tell you about
my adventures with the local city owned water department. I kept a log of
all my phone calls and attempts to find the right person in the water bureau
who could answer my questions and at least get me a separate meter for the
nursery water. 6 months worth of headache and frustration. They just wear
you down until you give up.) A lot of business requires water and
there is a commercial agreement for them. I throw this out as we have a
nursery in our family and water is used by them in the night to storage and
in the day as wanted. They cannot hook on in the high usage hours and that
lowers the bill. They also collect rainwater and are beginning to design a
system for exclusive rainwater usage.
All Eastern cities have reservoir systems and none as far as I know have any
water shortages this summer. (There is no water shortage here on the
western slopes of the Cascade Mountains.)
Marilyn
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