Another reason NOT to use the "Water Thief"

Ron3rd wrote:

Woodtroll wrote:

toedtoes wrote:

Personally, as a Californian dealing with the current drought situation and having my water usage (that I pay for) limited, etc., it really irritates me when I read that Southern California State Beaches are letting folks fill their RV tanks for free. Maybe if they'd stop handing out 50+ gallons of water to all these folks, the state would have enough water to provide flushing toilets to visitors at Hearst Castle or provide minimal water to campers at Mt. Diablo they can brush their teeth, etc.

It's great that folks want to save money by traveling with empty tanks, but I am having to pay more for my residential water in order for you to do so. The water you're filling your tank with is being diverted from my paid supply.

As a recent visit to California, I was amazed to see how many parts of the state are stealing water from other folks in other parts of the state. If your bought-and-paid-for water source is local then I believe you have a legitimate gripe. If your water comes from elsewhere (including reservoirs on national land), then your argument literally doesn't hold water because you are stealing it from someone else. It is pretty upsetting to me personally that water is being stolen from the federal land in the mountains to support a population on the coast that uses more water than they have available.

That's been the story in California for over 60 years and books have been written about these "Water Wars". California's problem is Southern Calif is basically a desert with no water and most of the water comes from up north via aqueducts, ie, The California And American Aqueducts.

In many restrooms in northern CA you see signs that read "Flush twice. L.A. Needs the water."

I wonder how many southern Californians realize a sizable amount of all that aqueduct water is discharge from community sewage treatment plants.