Post AWRjTZXC59bcAW6SCO by ken@toots.schwanksta.com
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(DIR) Post #AWRjTZXC59bcAW6SCO by ken@toots.schwanksta.com
2023-06-07T11:16:44Z
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Las Vegas thought it could save a huge amount of water by removing 3,000 football fields worth of grass, without forcibly ripping up things like front yards and golf courses.The numbers don't add up. Just out @ProPublica: https://projects.propublica.org/turf-wars/
(DIR) Post #AWRtryKsWQ7za2cGMy by Will@thepit.social
2023-06-07T13:13:04Z
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@ken @ProPublica but they did rip out the lawn in front of my childhood public library. I counted 13 large golf courses within 5 mi of that location…
(DIR) Post #AWRzAZ9GtJ7ijisAG8 by nev@bananachips.club
2023-06-07T14:12:27Z
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@ken paging my #BanLawns comrades
(DIR) Post #AWS0Y8y3ywtGRUR8Rk by Lundemo@mstdn.social
2023-06-07T14:28:02Z
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@ken @ProPublica @nev If I’m not mistaken most Golf courses in Vegas are watered with reclaimed water so not understanding how ripping them out helps much. Also not sure how replacing grass with polypropylene turf helps anyone.
(DIR) Post #AWS57bGTANmE9iCz1E by ken@toots.schwanksta.com
2023-06-07T15:19:17Z
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@Lundemo @ProPublica @nev It's unclear how many use reclaimed at this point, but some courses do use river / ground water: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/clark-county/new-golf-courses-cant-use-colorado-river-water-las-vegas-board-says-2470511/
(DIR) Post #AWSUact4i5WwRMCfTs by JetForMe@geekstodon.com
2023-06-07T20:04:38Z
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@ken @ProPublica“Get rid of Denver, Salt Lake, Las Vegas, LA, San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson — the whole nine yards — and you still would not reach the amount of water you need to save,” Colby Pellegrino, the water authority’s deputy general manager of resources, told ProPublica. “As a basin, the answer is not lying within the entire urban sector. There has to be participation from agriculture and industrial.”