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Some interesting solutions raised in your post on how to save water, but I do have some questions:
1) I've heard that using drip irrigation (at least in large scale ag) leads to salt build-up and this salt can quickly harm the soil, forcing farmers to have to let their land rest more often, so the salenity will wash away again. True? Not true? There is no other larger user of water in this state than agriculture, so if we could find solutions that work for ag, that would be more than half the battle.
2) If we had most of our state's water settle into the water table, who is going to keep track how much people use? If you're on a municipal water system, you have a meter and are billed accordingly. If every person had their own well that tapped into the aquifer, who would keep track of it? Wouldn't that lead to even greater waste?
I'm not trying to shoot holes in your ideas or be the devil's advocate, but I do have some serious questions that I would really like to be answered. Thanks!
Cheers!
FlyGuy (Dave)
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