Officials Requesting Friday Water Use Reduction
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Casitas Municipal Water District is asking residents, farmers and businesses in the Ojai Valley to reduce outdoor watering and non-essential indoor water use Friday, Sept. 21, while a water pipeline is temporarily shut down, repaired and restored to full service.
The work is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and to be completed by 8 p.m.
Casitas Springs will experience a water outage on that day. The areas of Foster Park, Oak View, Ojai and Upper Ojai will continue to have water available at the tap, relying on the limited water supply in local water storage tanks.
Cooperation is requested of all water customers in the areas of Oak View, Ojai Valley and Upper Ojai Valley to curtail their water usage for the day. Local residents, farmers and businesses are asked to plan and prepare to do their part to ensure local water storage tanks won’t be drained by the water demands. Agricultural customers are asked to curtail their irrigation for the day. Residential customers are requested to not irrigate landscape on that day and use conservation measures in their indoor use of water. Go to www.bewaterwise.com or www.casitaswater.org for more water-saving tips.
Hi,
I wanted to send you a quick note because I read what you wrote about water conservation above.
I just finished helping to create an infographic about how much fresh water goes into things we do and consume. The idea is to bring a little extra awareness to what our every day impact is.
Some of the information was pretty surprising! I had no idea just how much water is needed to produce some of the foods I eat…
Anyway, after reading what you wrote, I thought you might like to use the infographic on Ojai Valley News.
It’s totally free to use, of course. If you do use it, please link back to the original source so anyone else that would like to use it can too.
The infographic is here in the original post link: http://www.lochnesswatergardens.com/pondblog/how-much-water/
Thanks!!
just the facts,
Condor posted an excellent comment, so don’t act like a pissant. Instead, go outside and piss on the plants. They get watered, and you save a flush too!
Sorry, I have the most experience here since I’m an inveterate pisser in the out of doors. Hose down the same plant for long with high nitrogen urine and you’ll kill the plant. You gotta spread it around. I have a friend who saves his, ages it and then ladles it on the plants. The neighbors hate him because of the smell. But you have to age the stuff or it’s “too hot.”
> finite amount of this precious resource available for human consumption
Technically, I suppose it is finite. On the other hand, two thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. That is figuratively infinite.
Take a long bath, water your lawn, and Chill out Condor. The world is not coming to an end.
Consider this a reality check on drought awareness. It may get much worse if the lack of rainfall continues – along with wasting water. Conservation must become a way of life. The world population continues to grow and there is a finite amount of this precious resource available for human consumption. Some cities have begun Toilet to Tap already, to supplement low water supplies. Others have begun de-salinization to replenish aquifers. Save now or pay later…