If things are this bad, why aren't they restricting water use now?

[raccoon]

Residents seek help as wells run dry
People in southern part of Greenville County sucking mud up through pipes

Published: Friday, November 30, 2007 - 2:00 am


By Nathaniel Cary
STAFF WRITER


Ponds and wells have dried up, and some homes in southern Greenville County are drawing mud instead of water through the pipes.

Residents want city water, and about 50 people and officials met Thursday night at Washington Baptist Church in the Pelzer area to discuss options and express frustrations at the drought and the cost of a solution.

Jimmy Wood just finished digging a 600-foot well that cost almost $6,000. His well already is empty, and he is more than willing to switch to city water if it can reach him.

Andrea Brown's well is pumping silt along with a little water, and she goes to relatives' houses to get water.

Some residents in this area traditionally have wanted nothing to do with the Greenville Water System, but the drought may be changing that.

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http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007711300325

[phantom power]

1. Because the required rationing is equivalent to the consequence.

90% of water usage is agricultural and industrial. If they run out of water, they have to shut down industry and agriculture, and evacuate. If they tried to reduce their water usage enough to make a difference, they would... have to shut down industry and agriculture. And evacuate.

They may as well sit tight and hope for rain. They're in checkmate.

[raccoon]

2. Oh. thanks. nt

[TBUSA]

3. Gov Sonny to enact HS terrorist plan if he has it.

I am sure that Sonny-boy will enact the HS security plan that they were going to use if the water supply became tainted under an attack. He has those plans right?...right ?

[Warpy]

7. Even at the height of the drought here in the southwest

they refused to shut down the damned golf courses. Oh, watering was restricted to very early in the morning or late at night and on every other day, but those rich folks had to have their acres of green grass to swat those little balls across. We had to stop washing our cars and our water bills for household use went sky high, but those golf courses stayed lush.

Lesson: the powers that be will have us waiting for a water truck with plastic pails twice a week before they will ever inconvenience the wealthy or industry.

The folks in Greenville County have my sympathy. I know what they're going through.

[opihimoimoi]

11. Hope and praying for rain has low odds. As Sam Kinison used to say.."MOVE to where there is WATER"

I know....its facetious...

[raccoon]

14. That's just it. This is where there usually is LOTS of water, lots of humidity.

I thought this was going to be a problem with the Southwest, not the Southeast.

You never know when it's going to hit home...

[opihimoimoi]

23. Global Warming hits home time....Them deniers are feeling kinda stupid right about now...

Seattle...heavy rain and flooding...Atlanta still praying

[graywarrior]

4. What gets me is how Florida's golf courses get watered almost daily.

And all the biggest homes with their landscaping gets watered weekly. Hell, there's a patch of weeds on the outskirts of Publix Supermarket that gets watered weekly. And the water sticks of sulfur. F

With all the building that has gone on here, it's amazing Florida isn't one big sinkhole. Probably lucky no one can afford to buy and move into all these new homes and condo's or one day everyone would flush their toilets at the same time and Florida would sink.

[jdlh8894]

5. I am sick and tired of this golf course bashing!

Appox. 95% of courses are self-sufficient. They were designed w/ ponds ,wells ,pumps to reuse ,and run-off to refill. I wish subdivisions would do the same.

[graywarrior]

6. Golf course bashing.

:rofl:

Now there's a sinister group to go after.

[Ezlivin]

9. It takes balls and is par for the course

If subdivisions were designed like golf courses most of us couldn't afford to live there and you'd hardly ever see people of color.

[graywarrior]

12. One or two of them are ok.

When you have multiple courses in the same area and this area must buy their water from another county, there is something wrong.

[jdlh8894]

15. What part of self-sufficient did you not understand?N/T

[graywarrior]

16. Don't take that tone with me, dude.

[jdlh8894]

17. Dude? Tone?

Oh,well.

[graywarrior]

18. See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.

[jdlh8894]

19. And why is that?

My 14 year old grand daughter comes up w/better replies.

[graywarrior]

20. Go talk to her.

[jdlh8894]

21. Thanks, I think I will.

She makes more reasonable conversation than you. Oh, she just came in the door. Would you like to talk to her?

[graywarrior]

22. No, I'd rather argue with you.

[jdlh8894]

25. Argue or discuss?

Not sure I have time for either.

[graywarrior]

26. Oh, I should make an appointment?

[jdlh8894]

28. Would you rather make a tee time?

[graywarrior]

29. Sure, coz you da man.

[jdlh8894]

30. Hey, You got that right!

[jdlh8894]

13. Guess you don't live around the Atlanta,GA area

Most of the people I see on the courses around here are (as you say)are people of color.

[Atman]

8. Same reason they aren't asking anyone to cut back on oil use.

As it's used up, they'll get to privatize the water works and Halliburton et al will make yet another killing off of disaster which they helped bring about.

"Disaster capitalism."

.

[opihimoimoi]

10. Soon, them water bills gonna reach the price of Gas...or more....

[alfredo]

24. Just hold on and you will be able to buy bottled water from bush's

property in Paraguay. You might even be able buy water from Rev Moon's wells in Paraguay. That's why they bought land there, so they could exploit the huge aquifer beneath their land. Now does it make sense why bush did nothing to fight climate change?

[Hekate]

27. California knows how to ration water, but it takes a long way into the drought before we get to it.

Urban and suburban areas have to make it happen, and believe me if you have a green lawn it really sticks out when all your neighbors' lawns are crispy. Many parks and businesses with plantings make a point of putting up signs saying they use non-potable recycled water. I haven't asked what the farmers had to do, though...

The people of Greenville have my sympathy, but their state government is going to have to come to grips with the entire region's water use because it's beyond the individual's power to effect change at this point.

Hekate

[opihimoimoi]

31. LOL, they should be MOVING to SEATTLE...tons of water there

like Flood Stage....

but, seriously, All City Leaders should all have some knowledge of basic physics....engineering, etc...which is best when making decisions of this sort....instead of leaning on cronies for their info.

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