[Vision2020] Pressurized Irrigation

[TIM RIGSBY]

Matt,

I like your idea of runing two water lines, one for potable water and one 
for non-potable.  This idea is not new but in fact already in use in the 
Boise area.  The only problem, other than shotty installs that lead to leaky 
pipes down the road, is that the pressurized system is in fact grey but 
relies upon precipitation in order for it to be effective.  If Moscow were 
to require grey water line installs, they would need some sort of catch 
pond, pumps, and precipitation.  What would the homeowners do if Moscow had 
an off year of precipitation?

The other idea that has always kind of bugged me about home building in 
Moscow is that a number of homes require drainage systems around the homes 
foundation.  Often times the water that is caught in the drain tile is sent 
down the sewer.  Why is there not a way to catch the water from the drain 
tile and route it towards a large septic type tank so that the homeowner can 
reuse the water?  Granted the cost of homes would increase slightly, but 
Moscow would be better off in the long run to ask that new home construction 
use a reclamation system such as this.

All Moscow can hope for at this point is more surface precipitation, better 
use of vegetation, and an increased emphasis on water conservation.

Tim

P.S. Happy Earth Day!  I am off to the Boise Earth Day Festival.  I will try 
and get some pictures up on flickr for those that are interested.

P.P.S. I also have to disagree with Bill London for a change.  I think that 
the cemetery is an important place to keep looking good.  Respect should be 
sent out to those who have blazed the Moscow trail throughout history.

" 'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the 
key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody 
who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted 
and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of 
the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public 
property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or 
locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and 
twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it 
matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will 
wish you had voted." - Hunter S. Thompson

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