Should watering grass lawns with unrecycled freshwater be illegal ? I mean in the arid american southwest !?

Question

Should watering grass lawns with unrecycled freshwater be illegal ? I mean in the arid american southwest !?

Answer 1

Time and time again, it has been proven that you cannot ... let me repeat...cannot legislate morality. If that was the case, our sworn leaders would all be moral in the first place and not a paid believer to lobbyist and special interest groups. Everyone has an agenda. Even us, the ones wishing and working to make things better. That being said each persons morality is different. But in that difference, we can all learn something. Below is a blogg on our life and lifestyle.

In my opinion, education is the key. Start with our youngest children and ourselves our neighborhoods. If everyone feels pressure to "keep up with the joneses" so to speak than be the leader on your block and teach by showing that things can be beautiful when you put nature first. Growing up we moved to a rather large parcel of land that we hand cleared. And I do mean hand cleared. We cut down the trees needed to build our fence by hand. Tied the trees to our horses and mule to the area we needed, sized and cut for corner posts, support, etc. shaved the bark of by hand that we re-used to "mulch" areas for gardening. Designed our family vegetable garden by utilizing cross irrigation and growing plants known to be more tolerant of the soil conditions in our area. Soil samples taken told us what ingredients we required to grow healthy natural foods which we picked by hand. Rain barrels were used to water plants and for those emergency forest fires around our homesite. There was so much we did by hand that summer and subsequent summers. My father was old school, if it couldn't work to assist the family, we didn't have it. He taught these beliefs to other countries as part of his job while serving in the Army throughout various campaigns. But what he brought back home was that we are able to live off the land of ours if we go with it's natural flow not against it. By the way the trees we used to make those fence posts are still in the ground some 30 years later, they've never needed replacing and no further trees were needed to supplement rot and weather. Although we were not poor by any means, he taught us the value of living in the environment we are in and that ingenuity of purpose (what's good for all concerned) is not something that had to be taught, just shown. While everybody else was "keeping up with the joneses", our family of 8 set the trend to be more friendly to our environment while learning to give back what we took to live on and in. Those years after his retirement of 27 years of war time service were different for our family but the gifts of knoweledge he brought home, lessons learned, lessons shared with us and others serves as memorial today to 1 man making a difference in his own home with his own family. those 6 kids had 16 kids that now has 6 kids and the value of those "summer lessons" lives in each our communities throughout our neighborhoods. Now the neighbors try to keep up with us. For we have some of the most beautiful landscaping in accordance with the area's we live in that works with our surrounding nature communities. It doesn't seem like much but just from 1 person not fearing what others would think, six immediate lives and lively hoods were conditioned. Those minds took it to their kids and their kids took it to their kids. That's the immediacy of learning. Just think of all the families we've come in contact with that now, in part to our hard working father, have taken a piece of his knowledge he learned and in turn, uses it in their own families and neighborhoods.

In summation, we can't legislate a belief in a better planet. Like our environment, we must nurture it with love, patience and understanding. Stand up quietly and show what you know to others by your actions. Your success and understanding will "grow" into others and we all will benefit from your knowledge and life experience and meld those parts that we can into our lives. It was a simple plan from one man in one family that molded my belief in a better way to live in this world that was more of a working with not taking away what we couldn't give back. Like others who just don't know any better, show them through your success. There's a saying you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. Most situations in legislation are just that. We can show people and buisnessess a better way, when it works for us through education and information, others will want to drink from your well of knowledge and incorporate it into their lifestyles which in turn will make those that don't feel the pressure, to come to your way of thinking.

Answer 2

That would be kind of hard to get passed.

However, I think people should learn to recycle rain, bath, & dish water. That's what we do & we have cut our water bill in 1/2. We did it to reuse what we have & save money on bills. It's just the smart thing to do...

Answer 3

No.  No where, ever.

Answer 4

no we should water grass with nuclear waste or let it die.

Answer 5

If you want people to stop wasting water on their lawns that shouldn't even exist, jack up the price of water. This way, people who really really really want a green lawn will pay for the resource, and all other people will figure it out and grow plants that are indigenous to the land there.

This way, you don't have to make it illegal and spend money on enforcement, and people spend their efforts conserving instead of trying to avoid detection.

Answer 6

We can regulate water on lawns right after we regulate Sun....  When we move to solar power, how can we waste a natural resource on like the SUN and Water to create a GREEN planet....   Where do some of these questions come from?

Answer 7

No. It shouldn't be illegal. People just need to learn how to water their lawns properly. I give my lawn about 1 inch of water per week until the temperature reaches the triple digits, then it gets 2 inches. This is over a period of one to two days a week - not all at once so there is less runoff. I raised the blades on my mower to the highest setting so that the grass will shade its own roots and retain the moisture longer. This also reduces the need for fertilizer and herbicides. A green lawn helps keep your home cooler, too, thus cutting down on the need for the A/C to be running. Using "greywater" (from your washer, dishes, showers...) is a great way to recycle it to gardens and outdoor plants (not great for houseplants). Hope this helps!

Answer 8

I agree that subsidizing water leads to its waste.  We do not pay the actual cost of water.  Big government Shields us from market prices.  Let us pay what it really costs and lower our taxes and I guarantee that there will be more efficient irrigation systems and less wasting.  We do live on a blue planet because it has so much water.  We are not in danger of running out though wasteful usage should be minimized and costs should be real.

Answer 9

I don't believe it should be illegal but I do believe it should be cost prohibitive to have such unrealistic lawns in the middle of the freaking desert in the first place.  If they want a lush desert oasis then they should have to either use greywater or recycled rainwater to water the greedy little roots or pay a premium for the water they use above a certain metered amount from the community resource.

Answer 10

i dont think we should make it illegal but i do think encouraging government to use recycled water to arrigate lawns would be a better idea.  we recycle waste water anyways mind as well just out them to good use instead of send them straight to the ocean.

Answer 11

Yes and we will end up that way ,

we can irregate perfectly well with filtered grey water

Answer 12

People are going to say no, no, no, don't take away our freedom for a lush and beautiful lawn. But I think you'll be hearing different opinions when there isn't enough water to drink. Maybe it shouldn't be illegal, but there should definitely be restrictions. In the grand scheme of things, a green lawn is pretty unimportant.

Answer 13

Only if the majority of voters think it should be, because we live in a democracy. I would rather live in  a democracy that runs low on water than in a n**i state with green lawns.

Answer 14

NO.

As long as they pay for it, it's none of your goddamned business.

Camp a majority of Southerners in every State but South Carolina wanted slavery.

Just because a majority wants something doesn't make it right.

Answer 15

yes