This seems timely since planting season is fast approaching.
Two Water-Wise landscape seminars – Water-Wise Landscape Design 101 and Fantastic Plants for North Texas – will be held this Saturday, March 15, at Brookhaven College. They will both feature Bonnie Reese, a well-known local landscape designer and author of Common Sense Landscaping. A drawing will be held at the end of each seminar for a free consultation with Reese.
For more information visit www.savedallaswater.com. To register, call Dallas Water Utilities Conservation Program between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at (214) 670-3155 or register online in the comments/question section at www.ci.dallas.tx.us/forms/water_conservation_contact.html
There. I’ve done my part for the environment for the year. Now I’m going cruising in my Viper.
Will they have a sister series to tell you how to self-medicate by simply drinking the water? That’s been a popular story this week, speaking of municipal water supplies.
I recall reading somewhere that Dallas Water Utilities loses more water between the treatment plant and the tap (due largely to poorly maintained infrastructure and deficient monitoring systems) than just about any comparable utility in the U.S.
Anyone know if this is true?
Responding to Wylie H’s 3/08 comment. I just today read in a reliable newsletter that America’s infrastructure of water distribution systems is in critical condition. That “On average, 700 water main breaks happen every day in North America, and the results are often disastrous”
“The oldest pipes in our nation’s infrastructure date all the way back to the late 1800s, are made of cast iron, and typically last about 120 years. During the Roaring ’20s, more pipes were laid to accommodate our expanding population. But these pipes normally start to crumble long before their 100th birthday. The last major installation of pipes came during the boom after World War II. These pipes are scheduled to last 75 years.”
Wylie, what can and should be done about this truly critical and imminent situation?
Anyone?