Down The Sewer Pipe – Politically Speaking

Every year, about this time, cities and towns all across America send out flyers about conserving water.  As an elected official you will take part in conservation discussions and perhaps even enact some laws.  Fee structures will be set in place and woe to them that use too much.

There is a much boarder picture here than meets the eye.  A well cared for lawn, not over watered or over fertilized, produces a very needful element.  This element is needed by almost everything on he planet.

I am, of course, talking about oxygen.  Oxygen is one o the two components of water and producing it eats up Carbon Dioxide.  With the notion of producing less CO2 ought to come the notion of producing more OXY.  After al if we have less we al die, of that I am pretty sure.

So in the fee structure there ought to be the notion that people should be able to keep their lawn green.  A thousand square feet of green lawn produces as much OXY in a year as a full-grown tree.  Summer fee structures have the effect of forcing people to cut back on their watering.   Ground water tales fall and fire danger increases.  Consider an alternative that would avoid this.

Create an above ground storage impound for water, treated of course, of five million gallons for every thousand of population.  Disallow outside water bibs but allow for tow water meters.  One for the building and one for watering, no cross connections allowed, but the watering water meter water rate would be half of what the building rate is.  The basic rate would stay the same.

In the winter Town crews would turn off he watering meter, and padlock if needed.  The benefit, as I see it, is that people could keep their plants and yards green and producing Oxygen.  The water table would be higher, making the plant moisture levels higher, and lowering the danger of fire.

Sherman