The Conflict Between Golf And Evil

[benveniste]

I sometimes wonder how people pick their villains.  The California drought is, to my mind, a great example of this.

At least in my circles on Facebook and other places, the favorite villain in this saga is Nestlé.  They are, by their own account, drawing 725 million gallons of water a year for their 5 California Bottled water plants, which is

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[kevin_standlee]

I agree. Watering golf courses is an expensive luxury. I'm prepared to temper that if the courses can be watered with "purple pipe" reclaimed water that otherwise would go unused

[benveniste]

Here are the water restrictions I'm living under as of this writing, and we've had similar restrictions each summer for more than a decade. Remember this is in Massachusetts. The last couple of months have been dry, but it's nothing to compare to the California drought.

http://www.townofmiddleton.org/Pages/MiddletonMA_DPW/water

Did I mention that I draw my water from a deep well and not the river that this regulation is designed to protect? Needless to say, I have very little patience for people in California who feel they have a "right" to water their lawn.