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And yet total residential usage of water is only 10% California’s residential / agricultural / industrial water usage. Agriculture is 80%.
by 4death4 3y ago
And yet total residential usage of water is only 10% California’s residential / agricultural / industrial water usage. Agriculture is 80%.
- giantrobot 3y agoThe grass bandaids on commercial lots is not captured by that 10% residential use figure. So all those dumb strips of grass on medians and in front of strip malls get counted in that 80% figure. A lot of that water is wasted by running off into drains. Grass lawns are a waste of water, gas (mowing/maintenance), time, and effort. Reducing grass lawns in residential and commercial spaces would make for a meaningful reduction in the state's water usage with little reduction in economic output.
- 4death4 3y agoNo, the 80% figure only includes agriculture. Not grass fields on commercial lots. Consider this: produce is mostly water. Now consider the weight of all the produce in California (including waste like corn stalks or potato plants) to the weight of all the grass lawns. 8:1 would be an extremely generous ratio in favor of the lawns.