Posted on 06/02/2015 6:39:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In the battle to save a precious resource a record number of people in the Bay Area are reporting their water-wasting neighbors.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District has a program where residents can anonymously report water waste. In April, 900 people reported water wasters. It was the highest number since the district's program to conserve water by reporting water waste started last summer.
Residents are able to report water waste through e-mail, phone or using the district's water app.
"It's extremely helpful," said Jerry De La Piedra of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. "Often people don't realize they have a leak and they are grateful that we pointed it out."
On Monday, someone used the app to report water running down the street at a commercial building in San Jose.
Once the district received a report of a possible water waste it sends out an inspector within 24 hours to check it out and educate the property owner.
"I think it's a good idea," Mountain View-resident Ric Ferras said. "We are in a drought and no one can really watch our neighbors except for us."
But not everyone is in favor of the program. Some residents said the reporting program goes too far.
Don’t like your neighbor?
Report them for wasting water.
I wish I could have done something about transporting that TX water to CA. I’d make a killing. I could sell it by the coal car.
Sounds good.
They’re wasting water..., and they’re JOOOOSSSS!!!!
Its always good for a society when neighbors start functioning as the eyes and ears of government. I can’t think of a single example where such a dynamic was deleterious.
/s
LOL I have so much water I pump it out on the ground several times a day so my pump doesn’t end up under water.
LOL
Even in a drought, Michigan has water up the ying yang.
I drove by the San Luis Reservoir the other day and it looked normal to me....
Not full but, about the same it does most years....
All good little GESTAPO agents, and the rest are sheep to the slaughter.
Californica is more impressive everyday.
As stated earlier they are “THE FIRST IN EVERYTHING”.
Helpful for...revenue enhancement. Your government thank$ you for finking!
San Luis Reservoir is kind of a special case, not a “normal” reservoir...it is filled by a canal (CA Aqueduct) that supplies Westside farmers and L.A.. So it’s level is fairly predictable, with Sept./Oct. being the low water level point. Here are current lake levels for more “normal” lakes: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/current/RES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Reservoir
http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/operationscontrol/slstorage.cfm
Didn’t see Anderson, Calero, Uvas, etc on that list and they look about normal to me, for California....
Good thinking, keep your powder and pump dry.
Santa Clara Valley WD indicates that they import at least 253,000 acre-feet of water per year (primarily stored in Anderson Reservoir), so unfortunately the levels there aren’t really an indication of drought conditions either. (Draining Shasta Dam to fill San Luis & Anderson, etc.).
http://www.valleywater.org/Services/CentralValleyProject.aspx
When there’s water in the soil, it can evaporate into the air. When it evaporates, it forms clouds and falls back down again.
When the soil is dry, the air gets dryer, clouds don’t form, and the drought intensifies.
The best cure for drought is.....water.
When Cali dries up and blows away, it should cause a reduction in property values. Maybe that’s the goal? good for investors?
Surely, there’s a reason to crush California by making people desperate. Oh, I forgot, it’s part of the USA whose demise is soon./s
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