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SCWA is asking people to stop non-essential water use for the time being.
If I read this correctly, it's not a water shortage, but rather the pumping capacity. LI has something like a 300 year supply of water at current usage rates, but I guess the current pumping capacity can't keep up in dry weather?
SCWA is asking people to stop non-essential water use for the time being.
If I read this correctly, it's not a water shortage, but rather the pumping capacity. LI has something like a 300 year supply of water at current usage rates, but I guess the current pumping capacity can't keep up in dry weather?
When I read the Newsday article earlier today, I believe it said that people are using 4X the volume they use in the winter, with the east end/south fork being heavy seasonal users. There was the mention of odd/even watering.
If pumping capacity is an issue now, what happens as more homes are built and more homes become two family homes because of the lack of affordable housing?
The number of occupants in a home won't make a difference. It's all about the peak usage for lawn watering. SCWA pumps over 500,000 gallons per minute during the summer morning peak. In winter, it's 25,000 gpm, or 5% of the summer peak. Amazing, when you think of it.
The number of occupants in a home won't make a difference. It's all about the peak usage for lawn watering. SCWA pumps over 500,000 gallons per minute during the summer morning peak. In winter, it's 25,000 gpm, or 5% of the summer peak. Amazing, when you think of it.
The number of occupants in a home won't make a difference. It's all about the peak usage for lawn watering. SCWA pumps over 500,000 gallons per minute during the summer morning peak. In winter, it's 25,000 gpm, or 5% of the summer peak. Amazing, when you think of it.
Really sickening when you think about it, many people in other parts of the world struggle for enough water and we waste it on our lawns. We should be conserving water now because with climate change we may have much less in the future. Native grasses such as those that grow in our grasslands (such as in Calverton) dont need irrigation or watering.
The lawns will come back in a few days. What people do not understand is that grass has a very short root and once it starts getting watered, it will come back.
Mine is burnt, but I know it will come back. I am not into perfection at all. Also its frustrating when you see sprinklers going off at noon ; most of that water dosnt hit the grass ; it evaporates into the air and so is a waste. The best time to water is early in the morning
Proudly my lawn is a lush green. I had like a brown spot delivered here and there but it was an easy fix. I recalibrated the Hunter heads and lengthened my watering time per zone from 30 minutes each to 45 to get through this spell. I think total time for all 12 zones is 9 hours per day.
The good thing about a nice heat wave is it indicates if your system is operating properly and if the heads have good intersecting fields of fire.
Johnin westbury - agree with your basic premise. It's crazy to put all this public money into wells, pipes, and pumps so that there is enough capacity for everyone to water their lawn on the hottest days of the decade. But, any climate change predictions for this part of the country indicate more frequent and intense rainfalls - like what we had last June, or this year right up through may. Any low lying areas (Smithtown) are gonna be even wetter in the future.
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