The LA Times has an eye-opening report about the difficulties faced by homeowners hoping to recycle water from sinks, showers, laundry and bathtubs to reuse as what is referred to as "gray water" for garden use. The article illustrates the complex web of state and city gray water regulations and standards that hamper homeowners from helping alleviate our state's already stressed water needs, despite the obvious economic savings awarded by the filtration systems. We think its about time our city rededicates itself to conservation and efficient water use throughout the city, especially considering the notably dry winter season we had this year. LA needs every drop....
LA Times - Gray Water
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You're next to the ocean. How about solar powered (or wave powered) desalinization plants. That'd make a lot more sense. And it can be done without raising taxes.
Then LA can stop stealing water from the Colorado river, from Northern California and every other source they can get their hands on.
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Um, desalinization is very expensive and inefficient. Do you really think more people wouldn't have jumped on it already if it was that great of an idea?
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How about we encourage property owners to stop landscaping their homes, apartment building and offices as if LA was in the middle of a rainforest rather than a desert? And what about an end to these stupid, endless expanses of water/chemical/labor intensive grass lawns? Fine for a playing field or a public park, but what's the point otherwise when there are so many beautiful, indignenous ground covers and plants that use a fraction of the water not to mention the labor?
But my favorite peeve is watching maintenance workers hose down driveways and walkways each and every morning. I'm not blaming the workers, I'm blaming the stupid, thoughtless owners who have them do that.
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