So we got notice last week that we are now under mandatory water restrictions. The local water authority has declared that all users must reduce their water consumption by 15%.
Ok.
The problem is they don’t say how. They offer several ways you can conserve water - all of which are ways that have always been promoted as methods to conserve water.
Everywhere I’ve been that has enacted water restrictions has published specific restrictions, whether it’s restrictions on watering landscaping to prohibitions on washing cars and other outdoor water uses. Not here, all that we’ve been told is to reduce by 15%.
I’ve got to wonder if such an ambiguous restriction is actually effective. We are in an extremely eco-friendly area, but if folks are given any real guidance for conservation will they actually conserve?
