http://www.theredwhiteandgreen.com/2010/01/21/why-isnt-los-angeles-harvesting-the-rainwater-from-these-storms/ Caring about the environment is patriotic. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.theredwhiteandgreen.com/2010/01/21/why-isnt-los-angeles-harvesting-the-rainwater-from-these-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Jennifer Grayson Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:48:05 +0000 http://www.theredwhiteandgreen.com/?p=2141#comment-1088 You are so right, Sherri. It is up to us to change the city, though it would help to have some extra incentive from City Hall. I was amazed when I attended a LADWP California Friendly Landscape workshop last summer; four hours about various sprinkler regulators and a bit of discussion about drought-resistant plants, but not a single mention of rainwater harvesting! I'm thrilled to hear about the Low Impact Development ordinance -- thanks for the update. You are so right, Sherri. It is up to us to change the city, though it would help to have some extra incentive from City Hall. I was amazed when I attended a LADWP California Friendly Landscape workshop last summer; four hours about various sprinkler regulators and a bit of discussion about drought-resistant plants, but not a single mention of rainwater harvesting! I’m thrilled to hear about the Low Impact Development ordinance — thanks for the update.

]]> http://www.theredwhiteandgreen.com/2010/01/21/why-isnt-los-angeles-harvesting-the-rainwater-from-these-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Sherri Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:41:09 +0000 http://www.theredwhiteandgreen.com/?p=2141#comment-1085 It breaks my heart as I see all of this water flowing into our storm drains. The Dept of Public Works just passed a Low Impact Development ordinance that will require people to add water capture when remodeling or doing new buildings - which is awesome! And it was a fight to put through, as developers opposed it. But we can't wait for legislation! You can buy your own rain barrel for $125 or less and any idiot can install it. Redirect your rain gutters to your landscape rather than hardscape - then the water filters into the earth and our ground water supply. More heartbreaking is the number of homes I have seen this week that never turned off their sprinklers. The City is us - not just the government! It breaks my heart as I see all of this water flowing into our storm drains. The Dept of Public Works just passed a Low Impact Development ordinance that will require people to add water capture when remodeling or doing new buildings – which is awesome! And it was a fight to put through, as developers opposed it.
But we can’t wait for legislation! You can buy your own rain barrel for $125 or less and any idiot can install it. Redirect your rain gutters to your landscape rather than hardscape – then the water filters into the earth and our ground water supply.
More heartbreaking is the number of homes I have seen this week that never turned off their sprinklers.
The City is us – not just the government!

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