HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-28-19 Public Comment - A. Crawford - Water ConservationFrom:Andrea Surratt
To:Agenda
Subject:FW: Your letter to the editor
Date:Wednesday, August 28, 2019 10:56:03 AM
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Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 10:37 AM
To: Andrea Surratt <ASurratt@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: Your letter to the editor
Message submitted from the <City Of Bozeman> website.
Site Visitor Name: Alan CrawfordSite Visitor Email: alan.crawford@me.com
Dear Andrea,
I read your letter to the editor in the BDC this morning. You have addressed a very important
topic here and in all parts of the West - Water.
it is my strong opinion that Bozeman is being way too nice about water.
There should be VERY STRONG encouragement for people to STOP watering their lawns.Green lawns are unnecessary (as are the myriad of landscaping companies continuing spraying
who knows what on people's lawns). Bozeman should get well ahead of the water problem andmake some VERY forceful changes. It can start with the city NOT watering parks / lawns / etc
and the same goes for MSU. With the continued growth, we cannot sustain green lawns.
My family moved here 15 years ago from upstate NY. We were more or less uninformed withregards to water usage when we moved here and the landscapers (private company plus
assistance from MSU) did almost nothing to educate us.
In our 15 years, we have become educated. Green lawns are NOT a Western feature of homes- Bozeman or otherwise. We had the city come to our house last year and perform a sprinkler
assessment. Following this, we elected to simply make a serious reduction in watering. Thisyear other than watering our garden beds a few times, we have run the lawn sprinklers in one
zone of our yard a total of 3 times. Yes, our lawn is no longer green but we know it will begreen next Spring and we know we are doing our part. We are also daring our HOA to give us
a violation notice for NOT having a green lawn.