I have lived in San Jose,
California all my life and every year there has been less and less
rainfall. People start to panic and talk about being in a
drought. Then it rains, floods, water levels rise everyone stops
panicking. Yea! We have a drought going on now and maybe it will be
the longest one ever. I’m not tripping on conserving water? The
reason why, I rent a duplex and there is shared water which is included in the rent. I don’t know how much the other unit is using
and I can’t do anything about it. The rent continues to go up every
year to compensate for the rising cost of water. I have been water
conscious all my life. Growing up in a household of seven, my parents
had a large water bill to pay. We all learned how to conserve. I don’t let
the water run while brushing my teeth, washing dishes, taking a
shower.I wash clothes once a week to conserve water.
For
all San Jose residents, it’s illegal for you to wash your car
with potable water. For you that don’t know what potable water is,
it is drinking water. It is illegal to top off a residential swimming
pool or hot tub more than 1 foot. San Jose’s Water Conservation
Board has the nerve to say you can drain a hot tub or pool to fix the
leak that’s legal. This is one of the stupidest thing I have ever
heard, you can buy a pool or hot tub, but it is illegal to fill them.
This one is real dumb, don’t put in a new lawn between May 1 and
Oct. 31 if it has a sprinkler system. You can however install new
grass only if you water it by hand or a with drip irrigation or with
recycled water. What about the office buildings and schools that have
been around for years with the old system of using drinking water to
keep their grass green? Are they paying the fines? It seems to me no
matter how you conserve or don’t conserve living in San Jose,
California there will always be a drought.
LM
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