Another reason NOT to use the "Water Thief"
This was posted at the USFS Windy Hill CG at Roosevelt Lake but I have seen similar postings at a number of USFS CG's through the southwest. If a CG only has a few spigots scattered around, often wit...
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Lantley wrote:
I don't doubt what your saying. But why is there no sign restricting/limiting the quantity of water be consumed? I could easily fill my 80 gallon tank using buckets if I had to.
I don't need to connect a hose to use lots of water.
Because most people won't do what you do, and campgrounds are designed and operated on the basis of what most people will do in a certain situation.
One thing we tried to avoid are negative signs that say "Welcome to your National Forests" followed by a long list of rules that say don't do this, don't do that, don't don't do that, etc. It isn't very inviting or friendly. Much better to design things that naturally direct the type of behavior that is expected. Not always successful at that, and for example, the occasional person filling a 100 gallon RV tank won't kill the system, but lots of people doing it lots of times just might.
You might be surprised at the number of things designed into campgrounds to influence behavior without posting signs everywhere.
