OKC Water Needs

[Plutonic Panda]

Changes are needed. I'm not extremely educated on this matter, but I do think rates should be a little higher and shouldn't be fixed.

Oklahoma City's water supply continues to drop as warm, dry weather persists | News OK

[ChrisHayes]

What we need are more man made lakes for resevoirs.

[Plutonic Panda]

I'm not sure how realistic or viable this is, but isn't there a process where they make the lake deeper? I think it's called trenching. Could they ever do that to lake Hefner? Make the lake much deeper so it will hold more water?

[Bellaboo]

I'm not sure how realistic or viable this is, but isn't there a process where they make the lake deeper? I think it's called trenching. Could they ever do that to lake Hefner? Make the lake much deeper so it will hold more water?

They've had a few chances to dredge or dig out the sediment from Hefner in the last few years, kind of wondered why they haven't. They've dredged the river over at Overholser more than once.

[Mel]

Make lawns that look like a golf course green illegal. Waste of potable water. Or tax the heck out of people that desire lawns like that.

[Filthy]

Make lawns that look like a golf course green illegal. Waste of potable water. Or tax the heck out of people that desire lawns like that.

This is ignorant. If someone wants their yard to look like that, than they are already paying for the water usage.

[Anonymous.]

This is ignorant. If someone wants their yard to look like that, than they are already paying for the water usage.

Yup. Make water more expensive. It is the only way to get people to change.

[Tigerguy]

This is ignorant. If someone wants their yard to look like that, than they are already paying for the water usage.

Yes, but those people with the perma-green lawns are usually of the demographic than can afford it with cash to spare, or they just don't give a damn that we're in a drought. We all pay for it when the reservoirs empty faster than they're filled.

[Filthy]

Yup. Make water more expensive. It is the only way to get people to change.

I don't mind an increase across the board for everyone, but there shouldn't be a targeted increase ONLY for those who want nice lawns. They should charge the "lol poors," with the yellow/burnt yard just as much per gallon used, as they do the people who care about their yards enough to keep them looking boss.

[Mel]

Higher prices for a basic need like water can put the pinch on families with lower income. You have to drink water, You have to have water to bathe, cook your food in etc. etc. You don't have to have a putting green for a yard. Surcharges after a certain amount of water usage could be a start.

[Filthy]

You have to drink water

Do people really still drink water out of a faucet?

[Paseofreak]

Do people really still drink water out of a faucet?

Heck yeah! OKC tap water was voted best tasting in the U.S. a year or two ago by a real public works association rather than some click-bait web page. Try it. I mean really taste it!

[Bunty]

How practical would it be for OKC to build a pipeline to Kaw Lake, which is east of Ponca City? That lake doesn't get affected by drought much.

[hoya]

Charging an increasing amount for higher water use would work. You don't want grandma to be unable to afford to get a drink. Don't care if Donovan Rutherford St. Damien III has to pay more to have his manicured lawn look perfect.

[Plutonic Panda]

Yes, but those people with the perma-green lawns are usually of the demographic than can afford it with cash to spare, or they just don't give a damn that we're in a drought. We all pay for it when the reservoirs empty faster than they're filled.

I have a super green lawn that I water 6 times a week. So what. I WANT to have a super green and all of the tropical plants that I have and have to water extensively.

[law]

How long before OKC wants to draw water from Canton Lake? Hefner is only 12,000 acre feet above the magic number of 40,000 acre feet, and Canton has 18,900 acre feet in the conservation pool. Much of that would be lost to the riverbed.

[kevinpate]

Do people really still drink water out of a faucet?

Fortunately, the world has not yet reached the stage where it is necessary for everyone to have someone else pre-package the tap water.

[ctchandler]

Do people really still drink water out of a faucet?

Filthy,
Yes, people do. None of my family members drink bottled water unless they are out doing things, traveling, school activities/sports. I do have a reverse osmosis filter, but that's necessary for my medical machines (oxygen concentrator and BPAP machine). Well, it's not necessary because I could purchase distilled water, but it's convenient. I have only bought bottled water when traveling and that's just a convenience so I don't have to stop to get a drink. By the way, I'm on a well.
C. T.

[ljbab728]

That's just silly. Tap water in OKC is just fine. I have never purchased bottled water to drink here. If someone wants to that up to them but it really serves little purpose. I'm like CT as far as when I might use bottled water. I do buy distilled water to use in my clothes iron though, if that counts. LOL

[catch22]

I always use tap water to drink. So do all restaurants.

[venture]

I've moved to 100% bottled water due to something with the water in Norman that just irritates my stomach to no end. I'm just weird though. lol

[kevinpate]

I sort of drink bottled water. It's just mine tends to come heavily flavored and isn't called water as a result. Examples include, milk, soda, on rare occasion a beer or a glass of wine or 2-3 fingers of a desired spirit, neat.

[Plutonic Panda]

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[td25er]

Higher prices for a basic need like water can put the pinch on families with lower income. You have to drink water, You have to have water to bathe, cook your food in etc. etc. You don't have to have a putting green for a yard. Surcharges after a certain amount of water usage could be a start.

Let's just force everybody to pave over their entire property. All parks and ball fields have to be turf. That'll be swell! DEATH TO PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY.

[Geographer]

Or how about people just use natural grasses and native landscapes for their yards that are used to the NATURAL rainfall and environment in Oklahoma.....