"A public park might require tons of water to sustain" Living large in the burbs east of the Mississippi causes less environmental damage than even the most as

"A public park might require tons of water to sustain" Living large in the burbs east of the Mississippi causes less environmental damage than even the most ascetic life imaginable west of the Mississippi. More water falls from the skies, for free, without pumping, than we know what to do with... In theory public parks and front yards in the west could be xeriscape-d but in practice they seem to mostly try to emulate golf courses in Florida leading to massive water use in a desert.