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Desert communities need to rethink landscaping decisions

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 25, 2007 at 9:56 pm

From the Desert Sun:

The lush, green Coachella Valley many have come to know may soon be forced to change, due to an increasingly dire water reality in the West.

Ongoing drought with no let-up in sight. Global warming. Court battles with environmentalists and levee problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta that supplies much of California with water; coupled with diminishing supplies of Colorado River water that supplies most of the rest. An ever-increasing water demand from a growing population. The factors have all come together to create what Cantú called “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”

But the alarms many Western water experts are sounding haven’t yet resonated in most desert neighborhoods.

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Most homes use well more than half their water on their lawns and outdoor landscaping. That has many worried. “We need to stop pretending we live in someplace else,” said Palm Desert resident Buford Crites, vice president of Friends of the Desert Mountains, a land conservation group.”We don’t live someplace with a bunch of water,” he said.

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June 25, 2007 · Filed Under Conservation, General Water Issues

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