They had to use some Wellborn water to put out a fire off of Straub this afternoon.
Same here. Our next designated day was tomorrow morning, now it's next Tuesday morning. That will be nine days since the last watering Sunday morning. Pretty sure our St. Augustine is dead for good. I can deal with that but we have landscape perennials that come back every year - even made it through the big freeze last year and I am seriously worried about them.Walt Longmire said:
Trying to comply with Wellborn, but each time they move to this new restriction it seems to fall on the day (or day before) I am allowed to water and the new schedule means 9-10 more days until I can water again. Same thing happened in the stage 5 restriction a couple of weeks ago.
That too. We have cracks forming in sheetrock, gates that are getting close to impossible to close, and the back door is sticking pretty bad. Realistically between home and landscape damage, we're looking at a lot of money.75AG said:
Judging by the gap between my driveway and lawn, I'm starting to be very worried about my foundation.
Shhhhhhhh...75AG said:
Serious question: unless they drive around at night with searchlights, or you have a Karen-neighbor, how can they tell if you're running a soaker hose around your foundation?
Walt Longmire said:
Trying to comply with Wellborn, but each time they move to this new restriction it seems to fall on the day (or day before) I am allowed to water and the new schedule means 9-10 more days until I can water again. Same thing happened in the stage 5 restriction a couple of weeks ago.
The new meters they installed a few years back are electronic/digital - they don't have to open the meter enclosure and read the settings to determine how much water you have used. They just drive down the street slowly and they are able to electronically "read" the meter.75AG said:
Serious question: unless they drive around at night with searchlights, or you have a Karen-neighbor, how can they tell if you're running a soaker hose around your foundation?
I really don't think it has much to do with those that are still watering on the wrong schedule. In my hood, zero are watering every day. I'm sure some are doing more than ordered, but not many. It looks burnt to a crisp up and down the entire street. Really a shameful sight. Anyone that thinks this is the customers fault and not the provider, are too far gone to save.Walt Longmire said:
Yep, Wellborn can tell how much and when you are watering. I'm usually not one to get wound up about it, but for those of us complying and potentially losing thousands of dollars in landscaping, watching neighbors water every day and/or during the afternoon is very frustrating.
I don't think water districts can block development. But they don't have to service new development.Bpriefert said:
This is garbage. The people who are responsible for allowing new development to occur prior to infrastructure investment, should have their heads roll. Such carelessness of a monopoly should not go unpunished. I hope a class action is filed.
And do I recall that recently someone won a lawsuit that allowed them to sell bazzillions of water to Austin or San Antiono off a tiny few acre plot?
It's going to be like the Stasi with neighbors informing on neighbors.75AG said:
Just got another email from WW with a contact phone number, email, and request to report violators. With another reminder the fine is up to $2,000 per day for watering violations.
I'm gonna report TEXAGBQ76 because I'm sure he's cheating.techno-ag said:It's going to be like the Stasi with neighbors informing on neighbors.75AG said:
Just got another email from WW with a contact phone number, email, and request to report violators. With another reminder the fine is up to $2,000 per day for watering violations.
El_duderino said:
That's what people should be doing anyways. No need for 2-3-4 days a week watering