flicker said:It is a sin to waste water. I think there is a law that the water on the west side of the great divide is only to be used on the west side of the great divide, conversely eastern water flowing off the rockies is to be meant to be used by eastern states and users.
However my Lance is a villan for wasting water. No, no Lance. You cannot waste water even if it is owned by the biggest oil man in Tehas, ripping off the Oglala Aquifier Underground river source. Yes big oil owns the mid-western aquifier.
You may want to re-check your geography given that the Colorado actually flows through the City of Austin.
Lower Colorado River Authority
3700 Lake Austin Boulevard
Austin, TX 78703
According to the City of Austin:
The City of Austin draws water from the Colorado River into three treatment plants and 29 reservoirs. Water is collected from Lake Austin and the western portion of Town Lake. Austin creeks that feed the river and our drinking water supply are Bull, West Bull, Dry, Taylor, Johnson, Shoal, Bee, Little Bee, Eanes, and Barton. After the water is treated, it is sent through pipes ...
...to Lance's house.
Who, according to the NY Times is the
".
the biggest individual users of water in Austin... This tremendous flow of H2O, which is 38 times what the average household in the city uses in the summer, comes as Texas is going through a dry spell ... city water records suggested that his home has long been a guzzler of water ... the cyclist shot ahead of the pack, topping the city’s list of residential water users
Looks like about 320,000 gallons/month of conspicous consumption.
Excessively wasting our most basic life necessity. Now there is a guy you can trust to save the planet, cancer, world peace and hunger.
Dave.