Dear Editor:
Re: Kirk LaPointe: Is enforcement due for West Vancouverites flouting water restrictions?
On the subject of the lush green lawns you have observed on the North Shore, especially your claim in your Aug. 24 Viewpoint article: “I suspect – no, I know – it was something to do with breaching the restrictions on water consumption.”
I think you are relying on a quick generalization to bolster blame without checking all the facts. Take my property, for example. We have a lush green lawn (at the back of the house only; the front is brown).
Why?
You know every household produces and wastes more than enough water to supply an average lawn ... but it all goes down the sink. In our home, we save as much as we can: a bowl in the kitchen sink, a pail in the shower etc. and keep throwing it out the backdoor on to the lawn several times a day. Wash the compost bucket? Throw the wash water on to the lawn, including any detritus from the pail. Rinse the coffee maker? Throw the water, with the grounds, onto the lawn. Seems pretty simple.
Bottom line: don’t assume that a green lawn means a water-waster. Maybe it denotes a water-saver.
Richard Gradie
North Vancouver
