State forces ban on non-essential outside water use

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what the actual F#CK?!?

in APRIL? why? when will this shit end?

"Yes, we’ve had our share of rain of late (and more’s predicted for the weekend). The Charles River is flowing strong. But MassDEP declared a Level 2—Significant Drought Status for the Northeast Region, triggering the ban in Natick and beyond effectively immediately. This means no sprinklers, but watering your garden with a hose is OK."
 
paul73 said:
what the actual F#CK?!?

in APRIL? why? when will this shit end?

"Yes, we’ve had our share of rain of late (and more’s predicted for the weekend). The Charles River is flowing strong. But MassDEP declared a Level 2—Significant Drought Status for the Northeast Region, triggering the ban in Natick and beyond effectively immediately. This means no sprinklers, but watering your garden with a hose is OK."
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What is the penalty if you just do what you want?
 
I was watching a town broadcast - probably 10 years ago now - where they were discussing budget shortfalls (aka: we want to spend more money than we have).
Interviewer: "If this issue persists, how are we going to generate this needed revenue in the future?"
Town Representative: "Permits, Regulations, and Fines."

Coming soon: "Oh, you used more than your meager daily water allotment?" cha-ching!!
Then: "Oh, you collect your own rainwater? That water is ours. It fell over our town. After all, you are paying your rainwater tax right? You'll need to install this meter or dismantle.

Who would argue about water protection, and OMG wildfires?

When ppl can't afford things they don't need, they have to charge more for things they do need.
Progress!
 
Rockrivr1 said:
Just buy this sign for your yard. Usually shuts up the Karen’s.

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i do not want any fecking signs, i just overall react to a fact that we still get morons declaring water shortages right after the snowmelt, when an every small creek out there is full with water.
'yes all rivers are flowing full' with 'no, it is still not good enough'. eventually, it just has to stop.
 
chris_1001 said:
It's crazy the amount of building here... And I'm sick of the water ban.
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Yep, we need more housing, more stack & packs, and more water usage because those that we tried to get away from deserve everything that we have. Except THEY don't have to WORK hard to achieve what we busted our asses for.
Wrentham was, or still is, looking at over 700 units to be built near pristine and tranquil wooded and waterfront property. North Attleboro just ok'd a 300 unit upscale future housing project complex to be built on Rte 152, right near two others in neighboring Plainville that are nothing but thorns in the PD and FD's sides.
Where is all the water going to come from? From at least Franklin, down 495 to at minimum Norton, every town has some type of water ban in place year after year. But we need to have the less fortunate benefit at our expense! Gotta love dumb shit liberalism in the Commiewealth of ASSachusetts!
 
Statewide? I don't water my lawn but I think I shall start. LOL WTF is wrong with these people?
 
M1911 said:
This crap is driven by Mass DEP. Maura appoints the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. There was a time when the folks at DEP were pragmatic. That time has passed.
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exactly that, and declaring this shit when it literally rains nonstop, it is just unbelievable.

and i bet my liver that the shithead who came up with this is not doing it to save any damn water, it is only getting done as they believe for any green grass lawn to be an excessive perversion of the bourgeoise that needs to be eradicated.

a houseless renters socialist scum that has power to mess up with everyone now with 0 consequences.
 
kevin9 said:
I'm not convinced that the government's definition of "drought" hasn't been changed because "climate change". Can't have a climate crisis if there's no actual crisis.
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In MetroWest it wasn’t about climate change. It was about well pumping that resulted in lowering water levels in the Charles and Sudbury rivers.
 
Here's one reason I think the definition has changed, although I've not found proof: Precipitation changes | Massachusetts Wildlife Climate Action Tool.
Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Changes
Annual precipitation is increasing in Massachusetts and throughout New England. Regional annual precipitation amounts have increased at a rate of over 1 inch per decade since the late 1800s. In Massachusetts, annual precipitation is projected to continue to increase largely due to more intense precipitation events that last longer in duration. However, less frequent precipitation events are also expected, meaning more consecutive dry days or extreme dry spells. Therefore, even though it seems counterintuitive, heavy rainfall events that occur less often increase the risk for both flooding and drought.
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Traditionally drought has been defined as lower precipitation over a noticeable period of time (months? years?). Increased, but slightly less frequent, precipitation rates would not trigger drought conditions. Yes, there would be short term dry spells (weeks?), but not drought. I suspect, but can't prove, that the definition of drought conditions is now calculated over a shorter time span to get more drought events because "climate change".
 
Received an update at work from mwra several months ago regarding the drought that I think we are still technically in. If I remember correctly it said something to the effect that the drought conditions could be like last summer and continue for some ridiculous amount of time (I think it was three years straight) before the Quabbin would be affected.
 
Most of the reservoirs, lakes, ponds around here have their sluice gates open to release the water out to sea. Don't really have the space to store any more so they release it. When the summer droughts start and with the increase in population/building use, then so do the bans. Kind of a snake eating its own tail.
 
daveyburt said:
I was watching a town broadcast - probably 10 years ago now - where they were discussing budget shortfalls (aka: we want to spend more money than we have).
Interviewer: "If this issue persists, how are we going to generate this needed revenue in the future?"
Town Representative: "Permits, Regulations, and Fines."
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Yep. That has been the California playbook for decades. Can’t collect from the poors so jam up the middle class who can pay and have something to lose if they refuse.
 
Roadglide said:
Received an update at work from mwra several months ago regarding the drought that I think we are still technically in. If I remember correctly it said something to the effect that the drought conditions could be like last summer and continue for some ridiculous amount of time (I think it was three years straight) before the Quabbin would be affected.
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Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

droughtmonitor.unl.edu droughtmonitor.unl.edu

Updated every Thursday
 
M1911 said:
This crap is driven by Mass DEP. Maura appoints the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. There was a time when the folks at DEP were pragmatic. That time has passed.
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Sat next to a Dep guy recently at a water conference that included the topic of net zero electric vehicles. He said out loud that MA doesn’t care what the federal government says. They are full steam ahead with electrifying everything. Including the heavy duty truck sector. I wanted to choke the guy [rofl]
 
I can say definitively that I've never once felt the need to water my lawn, lol.

I grew up in Southern California, where you had to water copiously if you wanted any grass. Here? Nature does my watering.
 

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