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Originally Posted by john70t
I never understood the CA water conservation thing.
People were arrested for watering their lawns at dusk, while the golf courses down the street remained pristine and bottling companies sucked aquifers dry.
Rain barrels with pond storing and reusing water on site should be encouraged as they also support local natural habitat.
Property rights should extent to the heavens above.
Some people converted their yards to natural succulents and then their HOA's fined them heavily.
Or the city did, for having dry grass as a result of following the law.
Or having natural healthy grass too long. Or something else.
There was just too much mixed-messaging.
Quantum of Solace could have been a documentary about Ecuador.
The big players are investing in water rights as we speak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Ecuador
" In general, water service quality is low in Ecuador. Water supply services are interrupted in 50% of the urban areas. Water pressure is well below standard, particularly in poor outlying areas. In 30% of the urban areas, there is no treatment of drinking water. 92% of wastewater is discharged without any kind of treatment." |
It's actually much worse in Calfornia. The air quality control board will fine you if you have blowing dust on your property. If you put water down to control the dust, the flood control district will fine you if the water drains into the city gutter because in their definition you are polluting the discharge basins. And if the water that you put down to control dust causes weeds to grow, then the cities will fine you for having weeds and if you till the weeds under, then the air quality board will be back for creating dust again.