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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by davidw on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:04PM (#43428219)
I'm being a bit tongue in cheek. But we really do dump a lot of resources into lawns https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-lawn-is-the-largest-irrigat...

That's fine if it's a place for, say, children to play, but most of them do not get used that way.

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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by bobthepanda on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:11PM (#43430117)
Californian water agencies have offered money to convert lawns to rock or low-water gardens for a while now.

The lawns get wrapped up in that residential water usage figure mentioned further up the chain, so it isn't a whole lot compared to Big Ag.

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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by davidw on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:54PM (#43430404)
Yeah, xeriscaping helps. In terms of municipal uses though, watering is a significant chunk in the city I live in. Not much compared to ag or actual waste, but it's a number the city is happy to push down - and has been.
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