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Why ration water if we can't manage growth?

May 15, 2007 12:35 am

Why ration water if we can't manage growth?

We all depend on water, so why ration it if we are not properly managing growth? ["Watering may be tied to address," May 2.]

We hydrate our bodies with water. Businesses run on water (pools, car washes, restaurants, beauty salons, etc.).

It is unfair to enforce water rationing if we are not properly controlling the growth that depletes our existing water resources.

Water rationing is a temporary fix and therefore leads to the question: What measures are being explored to ensure sustained resources associated with our infrastructure over the next 25 years?

Let's control growth before we restrict homeowners to one of our most precious resources--water.

John H. Bridges III, Stafford



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