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6 Oct ’15
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My Dairy Farmer Neighbor is upstream from me. He knows the value of good water and a year round supply. The water system for the barns pumps right out of the stream with just a sediment filter. He knows that better water increases milk production. He put up a new barn to house a R/O system for his heard. Cost a few bucks even after the tax right off. This guy is pretty smart and knows what he is doing. After three months they reviewed the milk production...they new it was up...it was up 28%! He was thinking 15-17 was where he would be at...so this 28 was huge bonus. Same size heard and production is up almost one third. Huge return.
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15 Feb ’12
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how does someone use that much water?
Dean Gamburd has been a Bel Air resident all his life. Normally, he has nothing but good things to say about his neighbourhood, one of the most affluent in Los Angeles, where the streets are lined with opulent houses and well-tended flowerbeds. Jennifer Aniston, Nicolas Cage and Kim Kardashian have homes here. It’s a nice place to live.
But today Gamburd, a former firearms consultant in his 60s, is angry. Very angry. “It’s criminal,” he says, sitting at a table outside Starbucks. “There’s no other word to use.”
The subject of his ire is not some hardened gangster or local tearaway, but an unknown resident who has been dubbed the Wet Prince of Bel Air. This anonymous person has recently been outed for using an astonishing 11.8m gallons of water in one year while the rest of the state is struggling to tackle one of the worst droughts in living memory.
6 Oct ’15
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I get upset here in my area when I see people using the hose to clean/wash off their asphalt driveways. No clue what it takes to treat, pump, deliver potable well to a tap in your house. No sense of what a precious resource it is for the whole world.
My area is blessed with abundant fresh water...just because we have it doesn't mean we should waste it.
My Dad grew up in the Great Depression...anything you had or could scrounge up was a resource to be valued and used as wisely as possible...I could go, but I need to run and get my Star Bucks.
19 Feb ’12
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Gravel Road said
I get upset here in my area when I see people using the hose to clean/wash off their asphalt driveways. No clue what it takes to treat, pump, deliver potable well to a tap in your house. No sense of what a precious resource it is for the whole world.My area is blessed with abundant fresh water...just because we have it doesn't mean we should waste it.
My Dad grew up in the Great Depression...anything you had or could scrounge up was a resource to be valued and used as wisely as possible...I could go, but I need to run and get my Star Bucks.
I think a lot of people don't realize it's a finite resource. They see the oceans and just assume that there's a never ending supply. Up until recently, I was also one of those people.
And then you have the a-holes with the sense of entitlement and think the rules don't apply to them.
6 Oct ’15
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IMO...just another case of Big Business looking out for the bottom line. This is no different than what the large mining companies do...pay pennies to mine of Fed Land and make millions on the back side.
It's like that show Gold Rush...do those guys reclaim any of the land up there when they are done or just leave it a mess?
19 Feb ’12
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Gravel Road said
IMO...just another case of Big Business looking out for the bottom line. This is no different than what the large mining companies do...pay pennies to mine of Fed Land and make millions on the back side.It's like that show Gold Rush...do those guys reclaim any of the land up there when they are done or just leave it a mess?
I know KVR provided a link saying they reclaim it, but I suspect there is a lot of environmental oversight.
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