One could argue that At least a golf course serves a purpose.
People are just so thoughtless and lazy. How many times have you seen someone watering their lawn a day after a downpour? Or watering their lawn a few times a week in the shoulder seasons. Or forgetting their sprinkler is on and letting it go for hours? How about water running down their driveway/sidewalk? (which is actually a bylaw issue.)
Another favourite is the the lawn cool down. Watering at the hottest part of the day.
Through the last two seasons where reservoirs were low and high water temps/ low flows persisted, Calgarians could soak their lawns at will—even as okotoks etc banned outdoor water use.
I bitched to my dad about his watering habits once. His honest response was “waste water? What? It’ll just evaporate, make a cloud and rain.”
I really wonder how many people understand how water waste works.
Fees for water should really run as. supply/demand marketplace. If we’re in a drought, you can have it, but you sure are going to pay for it.
Im scared of how grumpy I’m going to be as an old man. Ha