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Most places in the west, the water used for 'municipal' stuff is a small fraction of the total. For instance where I live east of the Cascades, in the dry part
by davidw 1y ago
Most places in the west, the water used for 'municipal' stuff is a small fraction of the total.
For instance where I live east of the Cascades, in the dry part of Oregon, only like 10% of the water used goes to the cities.
https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/update/2021/5/5/drought-and-the-deschutes-looking-at-the-same-river-twice https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/update/2021/5/5/droug...
Street trees are hugely beneficial and if you want to cut something (ha ha), you want to look at things like lawns or golf courses.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoIn New Mexico and Arizona, 7% of water is for residential use, another 7% is for retail, commercial and power generation. 75% goes to agriculture. Trees in cities are not about reducing water usage by any significant amount. They are still lovely, though.
- tshaddox 1y ago> In 2014, Southern Nevada’s gross water demand was about 205 gallons per capita per day (GPCD). In the region, single- and multi-family households account for 60 percent of water consumption—70 percent of which is used for landscaping. I found this quote in this 2016 PDF from the EPA: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-02/documents/ws-ourwater-nevada-state-fact-sheet.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-02/documents/ws...
- mitb6 1y agoThat's because that doc is talking about Southern Nevada (read: Vegas) in isolation, 78% of Nevada water usage is agriculture (followed by 13% residential, 7% mining) https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=4764 https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=4764
- tshaddox 1y agoTrue, and also 75% of Nevada’s population is in the Las Vegas metro area.
- Eavolution 1y agoThis is relevant though towards the argument that Vegas isn't typical in it's water consumption and trees may well have a much more detrimental effect than in other places.