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Californians, in general, are urged to conserve water now. Why? Because by 2015, water officials statewide predict Riverside County could be unable to provide drinking water to 360,000 people.

Residents can help the situation by watering lawns less, installing efficient irrigation systems and replacing grass with more drought-resistant plants.

Locally, we’ve all seen the streams of water flow through city streets due to overwatering of lawns, or inefficient sprinkler systems.

Local water districts can help property owners, including businesses, design landscaping that conserves water. Most districts offer tips, demonstrations and other information to help property owners transform their landscapes.

One tip is to install sprinkler systems a few feet inward so water doesn’t land on the sidewalk and run into the streets. Rock, or desert plants, make an attractive display along the perimeter of a yard and help stop the runoff.

But because this is the desert, complete yards of desert landscaping makes sense. Residents should reconsider lawns all together. Developers should give strong consideration to installing only desert landscaping in all new developments.

Ongoing drought conditions and lower-than-normal snowpack have water officials around the state searching for ways to help their customers conserve Landscaping Rock. But property owners shouldn’t wait for a mandate. Conserving water is the right thing to do now.

Water districts around the state are preparing for the shortage by planning mandatory conservation programs. This is a smart move because simply asking people to conserve may not be enough to meet the growing demands our population puts on the water supply.

Here in the valley, Coachella Valley Water District officials are considering a tiered billing system that would help conserve water within a year.

Based on other districts around the state, the CVWD could keep a base rate for the majority of its customers, but charge higher rates for customers who exceed normal use, according to a tier system. Landscaping Rock It’s been successful in other districts around the state and deserves consideration in the Coachella Valley.

Meanwhile, we encourage residents to avoid overwatering lawns and consider making other changes in landscaping to conserve water - the desert’s most precious resource.

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This type of overzealousness on the part of inspectors and bureaucrats is what makes me fear the future actions of water officials once the new water conservation program is implemented. Oversight by a water commission would allow for an appeal process.

A major component is review and approval of residential landscaping. This is to be followed by inspection of water flow control devices (faucets, showerheads, landscape water systems, etc.) to ensure they are up to code. This could lead to the requirement of replacing toilets superseded by new rules.

One of these new rules takes effect Jan. 1, 2008 when the state is requiring 1.3 gallons per flush toilets. I don’t expect we’d have to replace our 1.6-gallon toilets, but who knows how the city will interpret this until the rules are written.

We hear from more and more sources the term “nanny government” to give a name to the greater and greater intrusion into our lives by government and its rules and regulations.

Along this line, the short-circuited plans to provide 38 condos in the old silk mill on Lakeville is a good example. In a rush to operate under new water rules, the city has caused this and about 20 other projects to wait until the new General Plan is approved so they can apply the latest rules.

What’s getting into our City Council? Their mission seems to be to stop as much as possible from happening. That may be the simple truth and the reason for relative calm in the local environmental community. I’m surprised so many council members would buy into that but apparently they have decided to follow the mayor’s lead.

Managing the city seems to have turned into real-life game of Sim City, a computer game that allows the player to play God by creating his ideal city.

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