With the heat wave thats hittibg my country I was watering my back yard today, and began wondering if there Is such a thing as wasting water when doing so… I mean, it re-enters the water cycle, doesn’t It? Besides if its absorbed by the plants AND grass … Is It really wasted?
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As an Australian who grew up during the millennium drought this post absolutely blows my mind.
Here when we have extended heatwaves and drought conditions we are subject to ratcheting laws that eventually prohibit you from watering gardens etc at all, and before that it gives designated times like dawn and dusk.
The real answer to your question is yes you are wasting the water in the sense that, although it doesn’t disappear, you are depleting water storage in your local area. It’s a much bigger question whether your local water storage can sustain you using a lot of water during an extended dry period.
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