LOVELAND | Water managers are warning that too much conservation could kill trees.
According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan (https://tinyurl.com/97c2ff9), water experts said at a meeting in Loveland that there’s no way water conservation alone can solve the region’s water supply challenges. They say a delicate balance is needed to cope with Colorado’s extreme drought.
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District General Manager Eric Wilkinson said Wednesday if everyone stopped watering their lawns, they could kill their lawns and also jeopardize the tree cover.
___
Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, https://www.coloradoan.com
Perhaps having lawns in Colorado was foolish idea to begin with? Certainly we should try to save our trees and water them year-round. Perhaps drought-tolerant plants, natural ones for semi-arid, high-altitude Colorado. But watering plants keeps the water in the hydrologic system; that’s good. DO YOU THINK IT’S VERY BAD TO REMOVE WATER FROM THE HYDROLOGIC (water) SYSTEM ALTOGETHER? Do you think it’s bad to kill water? To PERMANENTLY POLLUTE it? Frackers/drillers think it’s OK, because it’s only maybe as little as 5 million gallons per well. Of course, there are about 50,000 active wells in Colorado alone, and the oil & gas industry wants to triple that ! Remember: Oil & Gas Activities use clean water to Extinction.