KFOR story on Canton Lake

[venture]

what a waste of the taxpayers money.... Taking services away and devoting them to a show of yards now because you are not fond of people that take pride in their yard and water it? I hope your yard is xeriscaped; mine is halfway xeriscaped.

Who said I'm not fond of people that take pride in their yard? I do...quite a bit. However, I also enjoy having water in Summer and adjust my usage to the conservation efforts put in place. There is a reason why Oklahoma City as well as Norman and others have gone to year-round Odd/Even watering schedules. If people feel they are above the law then I see no reason why they shouldn't be charged the additional fines for violating it.

[Urban Pioneer]

Regardless of the details of the latest K4NewZStory, MY "plan" is for less lawn and more xeriscaping.
Pet Lawns require a lot of water that actual people who like Pet Lawns could be drinking.
I will continue to water the herb garden. On account of I like to cook.
And wash dishes, flush the toilet, etc. =)

Simply forcing the addition of rain and freeze sensors to existing and new lawn sprinkler systems would make a huge difference. And also, what is it with the obsession with short grass in OKC? I have a four inch Bermuda lawn that I keep at my girl's house. All it needs is 10 minutes of water twice a week in the hottest part of the summer.

[OSUFan]

In response to some, my thread was not about Canton, but rather about OKC's situation, especially the last comment made in the story. Those dependent on Canton/Hefner do not have two years of water stored. I have presented the facts about the amount of water stored in Hefner and the amount of water used by those dependent on Hefner.

If you didn't intend this to be about Canton Lake maybe you shouldn't have put Canton Lake in the title of the thread.

[catch22]

Simply forcing the addition of rain and freeze sensors to existing and new lawn sprinkler systems would make a huge difference. And also, what is it with the obsession with short grass in OKC? I have a four inch Bermuda lawn that I keep at my girl's house. All it needs is 10 minutes of water twice a week in the hottest part of the summer.

Also, people don't condition their yards very well...

From the first sunny day in late winter, early spring, the watering begins. The roots never grow deep, because water is always available to it. By letting the grass grow and seek water on it's own during the spring, by the summer time the roots are much deeper and they are much stronger and use less tap water to stay alive and green.

[Plutonic Panda]

Also, people don't condition their yards very well...

From the first sunny day in late winter, early spring, the watering begins. The roots never grow deep, because water is always available to it. By letting the grass grow and seek water on it's own during the spring, by the summer time the roots are much deeper and they are much stronger and use less tap water to stay alive and green.

That's true in some cases. Others, people just put grass in that have shallow roots and can't tolerate drought very well, but again, that is up to the people to be smart with their lawns. I am all for free market and being able to decide for ourselves what is good, so hopefully people plant the right grass so the city doesn't have to make an ordinance regulating what kinds of grasses are allowed here.

[TAlan CB]

You know what, I just might do that. A little later tonight.... as it will take me a bit to organize it and compile info. I have a toooooooon of tropical plants in pots and ones that I have to burry in the ground and then dig up before winter, and they require a ton of water, so it kind of offsets my water saving xeriscaping, but I am in the market for spending some good money(not too much, but not going the cheap route either) on some rain buckets. I am looking to have a capacity to store around 500-750 gallons of rain water.

This is a more realistic approach. I also love and collect tropical plants in pots. There are a lot of native plants that are low water users - including types of native grasses. But to the point. Water collection in storage cisterns can greatly decrease the demand from the municipal water system. A single thunderstorm can dump hundreds, if not thousands of gallons of water on a average roof in a short period of time. There are several cistern manufactures in Texas. It is time people start being responsible for all aspects of this issue, collecting rain water for later use would have a great impact on the demand.

[TAlan CB]

This is a more realistic approach. I also love and collect tropical plants in pots. There are a lot of native plants that are low water users - including types of native grasses. But to the point. Water collection in storage cisterns can greatly decrease the demand from the municipal water system. A single thunderstorm can dump hundreds, if not thousands of gallons of water on a average roof in a short period of time. There are several cistern manufactures in Texas. It is time people start being responsible for all aspects of this issue, collecting rain water for later use would have a great impact on the demand.

Here is an interesting site: DIY Water Projects -- Catching it, saving it, treating i, ...

[Urbanized]

It's been nearly a decade since I had to water (or mow) a yard. But I can tell you if I ever did again I would definitely xeriscape AND catch rain in a cistern. Not because I am some sort of environmental kook, but because it's just so practical, requires less effort/mowing, chemicals, and I could concentrate my YARD efforts into a single really nice patch of grass wherever I chose to locate it. The cistern appeals to me because I would like to not be at the whim of the municipal water system and the related rationing issues, etc.

But truthfully, I don't see a yard in my future anytime soon anyway. If I want to walk barefoot on grass there is always MBG.

[Joe Kimball]

Hello law! How are you these days?

Certainly, we are doing our part—not only by relying on days such as this for a well-needed torrent of H2O, but avoiding the use of fertilizers that only suck down the coffers moreso, as it were.

How are things in your neck of the woods?

[OKCRT]

Canton Lake getting some rain this evening.

[Bellaboo]

Canton Lake getting some rain this evening.

I just checked the radar and the main body of the storm actually tracked southeast of the lake.

[OKCRT]

I just checked the radar and the main body of the storm actually tracked southeast of the lake.

Really? That lake must be jinxed. It can rain all over the whole state and that Lake gets left out time and time again it seems.

[law]

Only some showers here, and not much out west. Not a lot of runoff. The farmers will be happy, but it may already be too late for them. Maybe another chance for rain this weekend.

Hefner was under 56,000 acre feet.

[Plutonic Panda]

You know what, I just might do that. A little later tonight.... as it will take me a bit to organize it and compile info. I have a toooooooon of tropical plants in pots and ones that I have to burry in the ground and then dig up before winter, and they require a ton of water, so it kind of offsets my water saving xeriscaping, but I am in the market for spending some good money(not too much, but not going the cheap route either) on some rain buckets. I am looking to have a capacity to store around 500-750 gallons of rain water.

Haven't forgot about this.... if I get time, I will make a list and start organizing(at least attempting to ) tomorrow.

[law]

Dam construction project criticized as misspending by federal go

[Tritone]

KOKH story about Canton Lake tonight (9:00 p.m.).