You would think having all that coast line and people smarter than you or I Kalifornia would have some type of solar or wind water desalination plants up and down their coast to supply their water needs.
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You would think having all that coast line and people smarter than you or I Kalifornia would have some type of solar or wind water desalination plants up and down their coast to supply their water needs.
It smells funny for a while. It's usually less than a day but occasionally (rarely) up to 48 hours. My neighbor does that so I generally know whenever he waters his grass. I don't know if changing soap would make any difference. I don't really find it objectionable but it is there.Quote:
Originally Posted by brianut
Exactly, you are just taking water from point A and moving it to point B. Your gutters do this and it isn't illegal to have gutters on your house.Quote:
Originally Posted by palepainter
Personally, living in New Mexico, from May 1st to November 31st we are under water restrictions. If your house number ends in an odd number, you can water on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Ends in even number, you water Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. No one gets to water on Mondays. And you can only water between 6pm and 9am, so the water doesn't evaporate in the middle of the day.
The catch 22 is that everyone down here has evaporative coolers that spill out hundreds of gallons of water per day. When I first bought our house and realized we couldn't keep anything growing, I built a trash can water collection system. I have my evaporative cooler run off hose (that forces water out by the water pump in the cooler) going to a float valve that is at the top of a 35gal trashcan. At the bottom of that trashcan, I bought 2 bulkhead hose fittings (meant for evaporative cooler drain tubs) and connected a second trash 35gal trashcan. Then put another bulkhead fitting at the bottom of the first trashcan so use with a hose.
Our new evaporative cooler fills up those two trash cans in a matter of 4-6 hours. Sure, the water is a little saltier, but now that it is plumbed properly, you can not taste the salt in the water. The old cooler just had an overflow drain, so that water was saltier than seawater.
When I want to use the water, I simply take the garden hose connected to the trashcans and move it around to the base of whatever tree I want to water. I've got 2 apple trees, 1 peach tree, and 1 nectarine tree that suck up tons of water and produce lots of fruit (last year we got 40lbs of peaches, 30lbs of nectarines, and 15lbs of apples). This year we should get more because we are spraying for bugs and have nets over them to prevent the birds from eating all of the fruit before its fully ripened.
In addition, this water collection system allows me to water on our off watering days. Let me tell you, it makes a world of difference in being able to grow things. And as far as I know, it isn't against the law. In fact, I'm actually saving the aquifers, as I'm taking the water that would just drain off during the day and evaporate and collecting it to redistribute when it'll actually soak into the ground.
I thought about getting a small pond pump to get some water pressure, but the gravity feed works well enough.
Buffcyclist, you have better water restrictions than I do in Thornton. Only two days a week of watering for me.
Oh really? Thats a little surprising actually. We don't have grass though, front and backyards are xeriscaped so that saves us a bunch of water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Anyways, when we just had our huge water leak, we wasted 60,000 gallons BEFORE the city came out to shut off our water. We normally only use around 3000 gallons per month. You'd think they'd setup an auto-shutoff if you use like 3 times your normal amount. And if you wanted to fill a pool or hottub, you'd need to call them and let them know. Simple enough if you ask me. Luckily, we only had to pay about $70 of that $350 water bill, but still.
I came home to a $300 water bill after my wedding. I've never lived in a house where I had to do the sprinklers myself and I didn't know that watering 7 days a week and 30 minutes a zone was too much. My grass looked great. It floated, but it looked great.
Catch the water from your clothes washer and water your lawn with it. One of my co workers does this.
Just the fact that Big Brother says I can't do it now means that I will try. :-) I may have to take up gardening just for the heck of it now.
So Its illegal to catch water in any way in CO? If your backpacking and your out of water and need to refill your water bottle, Are you in touble for refilling your bottle from a stream, lake ect...
Not sure how everyone keeps saying its illegal.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLI...le=080_enr.pdf
There is a permit.. $40 fee I believe.