California

when i was a boy , mom and i went to new mexico on a trip. i was told by somone that the indins own the water rights by treaty. (somone from there could send me a pm to refute or prove this ) a motto i can remember was , " if you can afford the lawn, can we afford the water ?" do we really need these huge gardens with huge spralling lawns ? every where i look i see non pourous surfaces, compacted soil. storm water runnoff . slow it down , spread it out .
when i was in los angles area in 1976 we were in a drought ( this is a extention of that 20 year drought .) we were on odd ,even days of watering . no washing of cars , except at car washes that recycled water . we took navy baths ,in and out . now la is requesting ppl to take out lawns and put in drought resisitant and fire resistant plans . it can be done . friend of mine ex husbands mom lived in arizona and on a well , she used every bit of it. ps: this notion of water is for fighting , whiskey is for drinkin needs to stop. we all need to pitch in.