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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

van Dell, you know the problems in places like phx, as well as anyone could.  
One of the biggest problems with grass and lawn, is that they only allow two 
options.  Grass or desert landscaping (tons and tons of little heat-sinking 
rocks) .

  My houses faces west, the worst possible direction in phx.  If I had dsert 
landscaping the rocks would absorb the western sun all afternoon , making my 
house/property hotter during the already hot days, and then throw part of it 
toward the house in the evening , making it even harder to cool the 
house.....bobford

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--- On Sat, 11/8/08, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> > 
> I agree Lynn, Problem is so many people want to live there and the
> developers and politicians do very little to discourage
> them.   One thing I had to do all my career (landscape architect /
> Urban planner) was to try to convince people not to plant
> grass.  Not enough political will to make it illegal, even though the city 
> is legally obligated to provide all the water people want to use.
> I chose to move away from the desert though that was a secondary reason for 
> my move.
>   The other option is just to live with the amount of water
> available which makes it even more important to be aware of
> the water issues.
> Van Dell
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