From the video you posted and I referenced. There was a fair amount of discussion about it. You didn't watch it?
That's a story of what was reportedly said by the water department from last August about water use in August, how hard a time pumps have keeping up etc. Don't you think she meant use was 60% at that time? What percent do you think it is now during the winter? Have news outlets ever gotten their facts and quotes wrong?
From Debbie Ragan with the OKC Water Dept, "According to the OKC Water Department, about 60 percent of municipal water is used for outdoor watering."
Here's the link OKC encouraging residents to let grass go | KFOR.com ? Oklahoma City News & Weather from KFOR Television, Oklahoma's News Channel 4
The rate in the video was from the water department too, straight from the horses mouth, and was most definitely about annual use. That report was saying water restrictions on watering could capture part of that 30% but that it was already low compared to national rates. Shadid's point was that with conservation indoors, and improvements like better toilets, we could beat that average and conserve part of that indoor use too.
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