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[Tarus Balog <tarus AT opennms.org>]

On Oct 22, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> This is the most INSANE, LUDICROUS, and *STUPID* think I have ever
> heard.

Oh, I'm sure I can think of a lot more things worse that watering  
astroturf fields.

(grin)

I think this is getting blown way out of proportion. After all, it's  
not like they are watering it to make it grow, or to make it  
prettier; the fact is that dry astroturf is about as yielding as  
concrete. If you want to have collegiate sports on astroturf, is must  
be watered heavily. I bet they are also putting water into their  
swimming pools.

So it is more a question of what sacrifices to make in lieu of the  
drought. We wouldn't deny water to patients in a hospital, but we  
would easily deny someone water to wash a minivan. We will deny  
people the ability to use public water for watering their  
landscaping, but we will allow nurseries to continue to water their  
stock.

By banning watering on thousands of lawns, it has a much greater  
impact than, say, asking Duke and UNC to stop certain collegiate  
sports. If there are, say, 80 days of water left in Durham, then  
having Duke stop watering their playing fields results in 80 days and  
perhaps a minute of water left.

"Watering Astroturf" makes a great headline, but it isn't the real  
story.

-T

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