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What about the non-native lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees populated by millions of homes in the states fed by the Colorado? All of which require irrigation.

rootusrootus 4y ago
Are you prepared to regulate individual homeowner's yards?
- mbg721 4y ago
  Everyone in the US seems to be; it's a national sport.
- brokensegue 4y ago
  Just regulate lawn water usage. It's already done during droughts.
- xref 4y ago
  Uhh like the thousands of existing regulations? Personally I’m banned from having roosters in my yard, banned from watering on even-numbered days, banned from renting my lawn to campers, banned from having political signs outside of the 6 weeks pre & post election… Also I’m fine with all these.
AnimalMuppet 4y ago
They do require water (some lawns are watered in the form of irrigation; some aren't). But if you look at the water usage statistics, agriculture uses far more than homes (including their lawns). So if you want to do something about water use, it makes more sense to go after agriculture, because that's where the most use is.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  Thanks. I didn’t know that.
colechristensen 4y ago
These are done on a much smaller scale. It’s fun to blame people in a way that shames them, but it doesn’t always match reality. There is a whole lot of foolish water allocation to agriculture which should never have been done in the first place that just needs to stop. The sector needs to shrink to manageable levels. Agricultural water use is something like 4x urban water use in California. There just needs to be less of it, and exporting heavy water using crops needs to be carefully considered.
jmyeet 4y ago
This already happens. Las Vegas has restrictions on this. LA does too. Additionally, just looking at the LA water rates [1] you see that depending on the size of the lot, you get a tiered water pricing depending on your usage. Put another way: the more water you use the more each unit of water costs you. So you can have a big non-native lawn but it's going to cost you. Personally, I'm completely fine with that. Outright prohibition seems unnecessary. [1]: https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/ladwp/residential/r-customerservices/r-cs-understandingyourrates/r-cs-ur-waterrates https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/ladwp/residential/r-custom...

rootusrootus 4y ago

Are you prepared to regulate individual homeowner's yards?

mbg721 4y ago
Everyone in the US seems to be; it's a national sport.
brokensegue 4y ago
Just regulate lawn water usage. It's already done during droughts.
xref 4y ago
Uhh like the thousands of existing regulations? Personally I’m banned from having roosters in my yard, banned from watering on even-numbered days, banned from renting my lawn to campers, banned from having political signs outside of the 6 weeks pre & post election… Also I’m fine with all these.

AnimalMuppet 4y ago

They do require water (some lawns are watered in the form of irrigation; some aren't). But if you look at the water usage statistics, agriculture uses far more than homes (including their lawns). So if you want to do something about water use, it makes more sense to go after agriculture, because that's where the most use is.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Thanks. I didn’t know that.

colechristensen 4y ago

These are done on a much smaller scale. It’s fun to blame people in a way that shames them, but it doesn’t always match reality. There is a whole lot of foolish water allocation to agriculture which should never have been done in the first place that just needs to stop. The sector needs to shrink to manageable levels. Agricultural water use is something like 4x urban water use in California. There just needs to be less of it, and exporting heavy water using crops needs to be carefully considered.

jmyeet 4y ago

This already happens. Las Vegas has restrictions on this. LA does too. Additionally, just looking at the LA water rates [1] you see that depending on the size of the lot, you get a tiered water pricing depending on your usage. Put another way: the more water you use the more each unit of water costs you. So you can have a big non-native lawn but it's going to cost you. Personally, I'm completely fine with that. Outright prohibition seems unnecessary. [1]: https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/ladwp/residential/r-customerservices/r-cs-understandingyourrates/r-cs-ur-waterrates https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces/ladwp/residential/r-custom...