How bad is the California drought?
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How bad is the California drought?
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Re: How bad is the California drought?
#2Was recently at the Lost Coast for a hike and on the way there several of the smaller lakes and rivers were mere rock beds. From what i've heard from friends in LA, shops still 'water the side-walk' as they call it.
Re: How bad is the California drought?
#3Was recently at the Lost Coast for a hike and on the way there several of the smaller lakes and rivers were mere rock beds. From what i've heard from friends in LA, shops still 'water the side-walk' as they call it.
I'm a bit north of LA, but the country club golf course has never been greener ;-)
Joking aside, it does feel like people are trying to make a difference and conserve.
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#4Was recently at the Lost Coast for a hike and on the way there several of the smaller lakes and rivers were mere rock beds. From what i've heard from friends in LA, shops still 'water the side-walk' as they call it.
I'm a bit north of LA, but the country club golf course has never been greener ;-) Joking aside, it does feel like people are trying to make a difference and conserve.
In the last month, 3 of my neighbors have removed their lawns in favor of rockscape or mulch. LADWP is offering $3 per square foot if you remove your lawn, so that is encouraging people.
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#5So, uh, why would anyone bulldoze dead almond trees if they're not going to replace them with another crop yet? Seems like it would just increase soil erosion problems.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a bit north of LA, but the country club golf course has never been greener ;-) Joking aside, it does feel like people are trying to make a difference and conserve.
In the last month, 3 of my neighbors have removed their lawns in favor of rockscape or mulch. LADWP is offering $3 per square foot if you remove your lawn, so that is encouraging people.
LADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Re: How bad is the California drought?
#7You know it's bad when the United Kingdom covers it in the press...
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#8It's bad. I recently drove to LA through the central valley, and in 18 years of doing that drive, I've never seen it so dry. Whole farms are just gone, everything is brown.
There are a couple of problems preventing us from saving more water though.
#1, we had a drought in the 80s. A lot of people learned to conserve then and never changed their habits (like me). There is no way I could use 20% less water -- I already use the minimum. I have buckets all over the house for reuse, for example. My next step is a gray water system, which is expensive.
Which leads to #2, water is way to cheap in this state. I would have expected my water bill to go up during the drought. It's gone down. It's insane. Sure, let's keep tier one usage cheap so we don't destroy the poor, but tier two and up? It should be 10x what it is. That would make people conserve.
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#9So, uh, why would anyone bulldoze dead almond trees if they're not going to replace them with another crop yet? Seems like it would just increase soil erosion problems.
At a guess, scrub fire hazard?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a bit north of LA, but the country club golf course has never been greener ;-) Joking aside, it does feel like people are trying to make a difference and conserve.
In the last month, 3 of my neighbors have removed their lawns in favor of rockscape or mulch. LADWP is offering $3 per square foot if you remove your lawn, so that is encouraging people.
They're doing that here in the bay area too. My question is, do I have to have grass to count as a lawn? I stopped watering my lawn the day I bought the house, so at this point it is just dirt. Can I still the the $3/sqft to put in turf?