Conserve Municipal Water, Too

To the Editor:

With some area towns already declaring water alerts, this is a good time to remind those people on town/city water supplies that their water originates from the same aquifers as your neighbors with wells.

Some of us have already seen our water supplies depleted to dry or nearly so. Rainfall has been half of normal or below for the past two months, with no significant rain in the forecast.

Bottled and tanker water companies are putting in overtime to keep water flowing. Customers who normally take a delivery per week are seeing the water truck as much as once per day right now.

While we all would like to have lush, green lawns and beautiful flowering plants and shrubs, we must also keep in mind that we need that water for drinking, cooking and bathing. Which is more important to you? If you are pumping hundreds, perhaps thousands of gallons onto the grass, it’s quite obvious.

At times like these, a deep green lawn is not the sign of a caring homeowner, but the sign of selfishness. It shows you are putting your front lawn ahead of your neighbor’s need for drinking water. So think twice before turning on that sprinkler. You are telegraphing to the entire town that you come first, and the heck with everyone else. Don’t think we don’t notice.

John Krause

5A High Bridge Road,  Sandy Hook           August 10, 2001