Comments on: Will building more reservoirs help?

By: RoadRage

RoadRage — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:15:02 +0000

Las Vegas is paying lawn owners $1 per sq. foot of lawn removed in an effort to conserve water. This has led to a growing artificial turf industry out there.

Food for thought: If you could squeeze all the water on Earth into a 1 gallon jug, 3 tablespoons of it would be fresh drinking water, only 1 of those tablespoons is accessible to humans. Currently.

By: Dude Happy

Dude Happy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:44:24 +0000

Dudes, those $5 bottles of water aren’t the problem. The problem is the tap water. Make sure your restaurant isn’t putting out glasses of water for each person without you asking for it first.

By: rkolter

rkolter — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:14:51 +0000

… or move from St. Louis down there. Sheesh. I like my 140,000 gallons per second of water flow, thank you very much. *coverts the Mississippi and Missouri rivers*

Of course, if this keeps up you’ll be able to call it a dry heat.

I’ve also seriously considered rock gardens over grass yards. In fact, my prior home I turned the entire back yard into an extended patio with 4 tons of rock. It was great, and a fun experience.

By: Prootwadl

Prootwadl — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:48:39 +0000

SouthSideNative: Like people would move to the Atlanta metro willingly from the Twin Cities.

(Speaking as a 40-year Minnetonka native now living in Mableton, so take that with a grain of salt )

I like your rules, actually. I’ve been exploring options for non-grass lawns myself (not that my half-wooded half-fescue lawn is hurting with just the native rain), and a nice rock garden would be easier and less expensive to maintain once installed.

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:36:11 +0000

Private Property Rights

The cornerstone of America

What Andrew is suggesting is that now that you have gone and built your house, the person with the vacant lot next door not be permitted to build his house until he demonstrates adequate water is available.

Nope, that’s communism, ain’t gonna happen.

And the construction cranes? That’s the free market in full effect baby.

(bgaawwwk! I’m back in the #1 spot!)

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:20:14 +0000

Obviously some people in power wanted more people to move to Atlanta, or why am I looking at construction cranes outside my office window? There is such a thing as zoning you know. Instead of constantly complaining about all the transplants SouthSideNative, how about you start trying to get someone elected who wants to limit growth? I’ll give you a hint: debating whether or not to remove the confederate battle flag from the state flag has NOTHING to do with limits on growth. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that issue was intentionally used as a distraction to divide and anger southern natives (on one side of the issue or the other). If growth is a problem, maybe it’s time Georgians start focusing on that instead of largely symbolic emotional issues during their elections.

As for reservoirs: sure they may be small but considering that the metro counties have been struggling to get 10% reductions in their water use, every little bit helps. Also, the water in those reservoirs belongs to Georgia, not to congress, so they get the final say over how that water is used. I can’t see this as being bad.

By: Chicken Little

Chicken Little — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:19:34 +0000

beaz - $5 bottle of water mean nothing to South Side Steve…..HE just wants to be the #1 commentator for the month

I AM CHICKEN LITTLE - HEAR ME ROAR!

By: beaz

beaz — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:32:42 +0000

I’m not sure what $5 bottles of water have to do with anything.

By: SouthSideNative

SouthSideNative — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:59 +0000

Eliminating some aspects nf the pampered-luxury subdivision lifestyle could help.Rule one:No more grass lawns.New homes should have rocks instead.If the yuppies dont like it,then go back to the land ‘o lakes.Rule two:no more private pools.Either swim at a community pool or dont swim at all.Rule three:No more restaurants serving those goshdamn $5 bottles of Avian water.If a restavrant violates this,fine them.And if the uppityyups dont like it,pull your Ritalin-popping kids out of Woodward academy and move back to Minneapolis.

By: SouthSideNative

SouthSideNative — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:49:47 +0000

How about all Yankees and Midwesterners go home to the Rust Belt?That would save water.Y’all got plenty of H2o up there in the Rust Belt,stop using up ours.