LA Plans a Massive Water Conservation Plan
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LA Plans a Massive Water Conservation Plan

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A $2 billion proposal to conserve water for the City of Los Angeles California has reached city officials who will take a serious look at the future of water. The plan proposes a massive water conservation plan to conserve about 32 billion gallons of water each year!

Part of the plan includes reclaiming or recycling water from sewage back into the drinking water supply. It also includes building systems to capture and treat rainwater and runoff. The proposal also requires restrictions for homes watering their lawns and people washing their cars to certain days of the week.

According to the LA Times:

Financial incentives and building code changes would be used to incorporate high-tech conservation equipment in homes and businesses. Builders would be pushed to install waterless urinals, weather-sensitive sprinkler systems and porous parking lot paving that allows rain to percolate into groundwater supplies.

So I guess it’s time for everyone in the LA area to start doing their part. LA needs to to do this in order to support an increase of 15% in demand for water by 2030. If nothing is done, water restrictions could end up as serious as it is in Georgia where extreme drought has caused the state to take drastic measures.

Easy things can be done to conserve water:

  • Don’t leave the water running when you brush your teeth
  • Put a brick in the toilet so less water is needed to flush
  • Take shorter showers or bath once every other day (it’s not going to kill you)
  • Purchase a water barrel and capture rain runoff from your roof for your summer gardens
  • Re-use a dish or cup to prevent overuse of dishwasher

    Believe it or not, doing these things helps you conserve water which is great for the environment, but it also can save you money on your water bill. We really need to be aware of issues like water conservation so there is plenty for everyone and for the generations to come.

    Thoughts, Comments, Questions…

    JT (427 Posts)

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    • Anonymous

      But what is the city doing NOW? I still see the watering of city property in the heat of the day. i don't see any effort to plant drought resistant landscaping NOW on city property…in fact, SAN PEDRO just unveiled a fountain that uses 400 THOUSAND GALLONS of water!!!! Why spend 2 BILLION dollars when they can't do things that SAVE money NOW?!

    • Fred Smilek

      I'm drafting up some stuff for a recycled water shower using a method similar to that picture. Trying to find the best way to purify the water now.

    • Anonymous

      Getting rid of the 17th century "Crapper" that gulps up to 16 gal per use, and substituting Swedish, composting toilets, then using the perfectly safe compost to strengthen American Top-soil, would make too m8ch good sense! So would catching the Urine, processing and re-using it to replace oil based fertilizers, so my guess is an elaborate scheme involving billions of Govt monies, many corrupt contracts, a lot of "favored folk" jobs and in the end, no real benefit at all – the American Way! and why GM is broke, Hyundai is growing and the BYD is soon to arrive on our shores to outsell the now govt sponsored "Volt" a crock of shiite to start with!

    • Anonymous

      Ever heard of a waterless car wash. You can now save gallons of water a day by washing your car with a waterless car wash and wax. They are many products to try. Organic and Waterless manufactures several waterless car wash products. One is aproved by the US as a green product.

    • Beth Devito

      They a many waterless car wash products to try. A waterless car wash can wash and wax a car with out using any water.

    • Nate Keenan

      Hopefully the city will do this. Saving that much water is very good. It will cost alot of money though. Im curious to see how this plan turns out.

    • EricMard

      This plan has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages i see is that this will boost the amount of water productivity and increase the supply available while also lowering or stabilizing the cost of water. This will also help for the dryer seasons when water is not as readily available. The disadvantages i see is that this will decrease the natural fertilization that runoff, and excessive water create. This will cause more water to be in pipes, treatment centers, or even water reserve centers just sitting their in the event we need them while causing the water source in nature to diminish because we are removing a larger amount. Now this may not cause a large noticeable disadvantage but if too much water conservation policies or projects are put into place in a location needing water then it might just deplete the supply leaving the area dry.