An anecdote to study
I have mentioned before my view about hydro utilities being reluctant to introduce conservation measures because they would lose revenue. I noticed this letter, although the subject is water usage the tale is still telling, in the Vegas paper this morning. It is self explanatory and fits my case.
Turf rebates
To the editor:
Several years ago the Southern Nevada Water Authority offered $1 a square foot to change your grass into rock because of the water shortage in the valley.
Now they offer $1.50 a square foot to change to xeriscape landscaping, with the rules stating that when fully grown, the plants must cover 50 percent of the area. These plants must be watered. I want to remove the grass in my back yard to cut down on water use, and they won't give me a dime.
In other words, we want you to cut down on water, but don't cut down too much because our business is selling water. The most important thing is not the level of the lake but the level of profits.
Mark K. Constantine
LAS VEGAS
1 comments:
But xeriscaping is a style of gardening that requires very little or no irrigation. From xeros, greek for "dry", also used in Xerox and Xerography which means "dry writing". Perhaps the the Nevada Water Authority thinks desert plants are ecologically preferably to rocks, and are not really stupid or greedy after all.
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