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Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by chaostheory on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @07:24PM (#9307686)
You have a point. I just thought water bottlers like Nestle, who continue to use CA water for bottled water, are considered different from agriculture.

Besides I feel that people are missing my main point, which is what's wrong with going after low hanging fruit? Reducing our water intake in the form of lawns and in the bathroom is neither a major inconvenience nor is it a financial burden. In fact, it saves people money.

Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by x86_64Ubuntu on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @09:50PM (#9308215)
So we are going to inconvenience the largest population, smallest demand base? How is that low hanging fruit? Even if the cities disappeared, and thereby California's population, there would still be a water issue from AG alone.
Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by kemiller on Thursday April 02, 2015 @03:13PM (#9312535)
I don't mean literally exporting water, I mean growing water-intensive crops and then exporting those. Same effect.
Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by seanflyon on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @09:32PM (#9308151)
Low hanging fruit mean the most impact for least effort. You are talking about inconveniencing almost all the people so that a few can avoid any changes at all. We should just charge more for water for both residential and agricultural use and let people vote with their dollars on how big of an inconvenience it is to them.
Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by chaostheory on Thursday April 02, 2015 @01:58AM (#9308904)
> You are talking about inconveniencing almost all the people

That's the thing, it's not a huge inconvenience. I'm not handy and I was able to easily install devices to both the shower and toilet to reduce water usage. This law would also force home owner associations to cut down on water waste for lawns. I really don't see the inconvenience unless I'm missing something.

> We should just charge more for water for both residential and agricultural use and let people vote with their dollars on how big of an inconvenience it is to them.

I totally agree. I'm just saying that a step in the right direction is better than nothing at all.

Re:California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal ... by seanflyon on Thursday April 02, 2015 @04:13PM (#9312897)
We are not talking about a huge inconvenience, but we are also not talking about a huge effect. If we want to have a significant impact we can either have almost everybody cut their usage in half, or have a few cut their usage by a few percent.