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9/2/2009
2:46:46 pm EDT
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City's Water Rationing Rules Are Violating Her Civil Rights
Author: Charlotte Laws Source: LA Daily News (CA)
Title: CITY'S WATER RATIONING RULES ARE VIOLATING HER CIVIL RIGHTS
Does your Rain Bird no longer fly? Are your PVC pipes feeling neglected? Has your city hung your lawn out to dry and given your timer a time-out?
When I grew up in Atlanta, it was so rainy a fish could survive on land; but when I visited last year, I found straw-like lawns and a total watering ban. In Los Angeles, where I now reside, the city has implemented a partial ban - no more than two days per week for landscape sprinklers and no more than 15 minutes per watering station.
I understand the need to conserve and have always been a "waste not, water not" woman. However, when it comes to my yard, a middle ground is unachievable. My religion and moral value system require healthy greenery.
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| By Going Against Nature... | Sep 5th. at 7:08:08 am EDT
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Sailordada (Wheeling, Illinois) - Email Me - Web
... she only contributes to its deficiency. Who made her the protectorate of all animals? I'm not familiar with California parks, but shouldn't the animals be living in the wilderness and not on her lawn? By providing for them, isn't she taming them? Lastly "an omnicracy," is this like Caligula appointing a horse as a Senator?
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| Abuse Of Water | Sep 3rd. at 11:00:39 am EDT
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AurRiaDa (Joshua Tree, California) - Email Me
Greetings!
Nature should be Natural, not forced to be "lush". Come out here to the High Desert of California, where Water is a Gift, not a Right.
The Water Woman Festival, on Oct 1st - 4th. is going to explain to Water-wasters how they can help the Planet...not feed their Ego.
Find More info -- HERE
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| Climate | Sep 3rd. at 10:57:33 am EDT
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Fred Lawrence (Kansas City, Kansas) - Email Me
Several posters have noted that the author of this article was wasting a lot of water trying to maintain a lush green lawn in an area that is basically a desert. Frankly, I have never quite understood the necessity of a green lawn, anyway. I've read the comment that it's a crop you can't eat, sell, wear, or do anything else useful with.
Lush green lawns grow naturally in areas with sufficient rainfall. An "English" lawn grows easily in England, but southern California isn't England! Though most people might not know it, lawns can grow lush here in Kansas City in years with sufficient rainfall, which is true of this year, though not every summer. I always thought mowing the lawn to be an unwelcome chore.
I don't know much about the Jain religion, but I'd never heard that it requires manicured lawns.
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| Live In A Desert... | Sep 3rd. at 10:33:10 am EDT
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RavenLight (Arlington, Virginia) - Email Me
...don't have a freaking lawn.
Plant local.
And save all the time you're spending on irrigating and then mowing for other things.
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| What ? | Sep 3rd. at 8:40:43 am EDT
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Liriel (Lehigh Acres, Florida) - Email Me
First of all, the water Atlanta uses from Lake Lanier comes from Florida and so must be shared.
[Web LINK]
Second, California is a subtropical climate with less than 25 inches of rain annually.
Wiltshire, England is a temperate climate with 31-35 inches of rain annually.
I don't think LA can meet the needs of an English Garden without harming other creatures.
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| HA | Sep 3rd. at 1:16:49 am EDT
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Rosemary (Oneonta, New York) - Email Me
If she wants a rich, lush green lawn then she should move somewhere where that is actually natural. If she insists on staying where she is, she shouldn't go AGAINST nature and should just plant local flora.
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| Owens Valley, Jain? | Sep 3rd. at 12:02:02 am EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
As a Jain, I want her to go look at the criminal history of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and its impact on the flora and fauna of Owens Valley, where her water is coming from. That place could really use a bath tub.
It's not natural for Los Angeles to have as much water as it does, and she should be replanting for Cactus andd Coyote.
She could see to the health of her Mycorrhyzaen, to help extend her water usage, but she's working against Nature, and animals are currently suffering for her. She isn't even contributing to the dietary eco-niche; no calves will be fed, to provide for her dinner.
It's Religious Rights, that she claims to be defending, but Water comes under Civil Rights, and may be restricted by a Civil Magistrate.
The grass is always greener, over the Septic Tank, but she should also invest in some Mesquite. If she'd like, she could even invest in a Cistern, large enough to hold a cubic meter of Water, for every meter of her land.
Mycorrhyza, Mesquite, Cistern, and don't expect your Religious Rights to invoke a turnip's worth of Blood.
Arawn Graalrd
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| When Droughts Occur..... | Sep 2nd. at 10:12:21 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
they are a part of nature. Animals do suffer, much like the rest of us, but one doesn't have to waste water in order to care for them.
As one poster intimated, the use of gray water would do for plants and gardens. Small buckets and bowls could hold water for animals to drink, and plants that require less water can be substituted for many plants in the garden. In some desert regions, rock gardens provide a zen- like atmosphere, and require very little water. In a city, good drinking water can become like gold in a drought and that is always a priority over lawns.
In times of good weather, when rain is plentiful, collect what you can for those times when rain becomes scarce to use for gardens and lawns. The lawn may look like heck, but you will have water.
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| Have You Found The Loophole? | Sep 2nd. at 9:18:51 pm EDT
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Emerald Tiger (Jamestown, North Dakota) - Email Me
Yeah ... a loop hole.
The ordinance probably covers CITY SUPPLIED WATER. Water that has gone through a filtration plant. Correct?
Well, the ordinance MIGHT NOT cover "gray water".
The water left over AFTER a bath, shower, or washing the clothes. OK state laws my come into play here but it is an option that seems to have been over looked?
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| Turly Amazing | Sep 2nd. at 9:00:56 pm EDT
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Brother Jubelo (New Smyrna Beach, Florida) - Email Me
Way to wrap a childish and self-centered sense of entitlement into religious garb!
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| Plenty Of Rain Here | Sep 2nd. at 5:36:41 pm EDT
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Nicole (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
My understanding of Jainism is you're not supposed to harm living things... sucking the water away from ecosystems that depend on it, into the desert, seems purty harmful.
The Northeast gets lots of precipitation.
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| Rights? | Sep 2nd. at 5:27:54 pm EDT
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Lorca (Longview, Washington) - Email Me
To what? Use more than your share of the communities water?
Piss off, I say.
If your religion's moral strictures really mean that much to you, haul your own damn water. Or put in drought tolerant landscaping. Or put in a gray-water recovery system (a five gallon bucket in the shower with you is a cheap, low-tec starter kit) and irrigate with that. Or, as has already been suggested, move to where there's more water.
But don't you dare expect others to sacrifice so that you may selfishly indulge your religion at the expense of others.
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| Maybe.... | Sep 2nd. at 5:22:15 pm EDT
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Ursyl (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
instead of trying to maintain an artificial verdancy in her yard, this lady should try going with plants native to the area.
That would be what the local critters would be able to best live in too.
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| Sorry, But Ah... | Sep 2nd. at 4:37:33 pm EDT
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Amaranth (Viera, Florida) - Email Me - Web
...droughts are a part of nature.
Perhaps it is part of her religion to harm no living thing, but if an area is naturally dry, then perhaps a "verdant" lawn cannot be naturally supported by that area. Wouldn't forcing greenery from a dry area through artificial means (sprinklers) technically constitute harm, as it upsets the natural balance? The wild animals that live in that yard are not her pets, and I'm sure they will survive just fine without her interference in their lives.
Since when have anyone's civil rights included green lawns? Blaming the city for not allowing someone to water their lawn enough to keep it green is about as ridiculous as blaming the clouds for not raining.
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| This Would Make An Interesting Case.... | Sep 2nd. at 3:33:42 pm EDT
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TheStormofWar (Salt Lake City, Utah) - Email Me
I can honestly see her point of view, but I doubt ATL would comply with it.
As far as moving to a different area, that is a lot easier said then done in a lot of cases.
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