Ankeny water ban
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Sprinklers finish before everyone gets up in the morning. Had no problems!
Nitrate levels in the Raccoon were expected to plateau, but haven't. I believe the big rains upstream put another scare into them. That likely flushes more NO3 our direction.
If you’re going to call the snitch line, do it for the Elwell/commercial properties, not Joe Neighbor who may not be aware yet.
Or just try talking to them. There will definitely be some a-holes who think they know better and dont have to follow the rules though. Pretty sure there are a few in this thread.
[but no one wants to do anything about it]. The reason I laughed is because that's Chris Jones' byline. He's the former DMWW worker who likes to torment our resident polluters.
Whatever happened to the experimental wells the Army Core Eng were drilling to dilute the crap river water with the aquifer?
You don’t think that DMWW has investigative and enforcement officers? Obviously they don’t.
If you see someone, maybe just inform them about the watering ban? Outside of that I am not sure what else to do. Maybe write them a short message in glyphosate on their front yard.
The idea that someone wants or needs to water their lawn to make it more difficult for everyone else in the metro to get clean, better drinking water is peak Iowa…
More like just peak America these days
And more so, the fact that there are people who think they need to water right now. I've ran my sprinklers a whopping 14 times this season so far, and my lawn looks healthier than ever. I don't get it.
We moved into our house in May, got our lawn in late July.
Our first water bill was $900. Just hope they delay it until like mid-August.
in 15 years people will
gotta pay premium. lots of fert in that water. helps your kids grow big and tall
Not all soil is the same. Our neighborhood is built on a square mile that was previously four family farms - all potato fields. All of the soil is a few inches of black top soil on top of sand. We never have to worry about flooding because it drains so well. I have a sump in my basement that in the 30 years the house has been here has never had a lick of water in it. However without regular rain - or watering - the yard and garden is going to dry out very fast.
I am trying to push the envelope of how infrequently I can water when we hit a really hot dry patch without totally losing the lawn. Not an issue here right now as we have had rain quite a few days in the last few weeks. One of the challenges is we normally have odd/even watering. It really makes it a bear to set up a sprinkler for once or twice a week with that when your controller has days of the week or odd/even options. Maybe it is a good thing the lightning strike fried my contoller. I have to get a new one likely with more options.
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