I just found this video timeline graphic. (What would you call it? A snapshot active time-lapsed map??)
Meanwhile, according to neighborhood listserv reports, the city is wasting tons of water.
For at least 2 days, the water department has been flushing water out
of the hydrant at Carolina and Pershing onto the street.
As I schlep big buckets of water out of my shower into the garden,
and our family refrains from flushing our toilets when appropriate to
conserve this precious resource, is it appropriate for the city to
dump water by the thousands of gallons at this time?
Another neighbor responded:
One other year when we were low on water, they were flushing the hydrant on
my block. I called the water department thinking that surely this was a
mistake. I was told that they are required by the State to flush the pipes at a
certain time each year.
I asked if they could do it at another time since we were low on water. I
was told that it had to be now since that is when the State told them to do it.
That really chaps my ass.
UPDATE: Another neighbor who's in the know checked out what was going on:
In this case, the hydrant was running due to sewer from the creek
getting into a broken sewer main. The maintenance crew has made the
repairs. As soon as the Stormwater team makes a check, they will give
the OK to stop the flushing. This was scheduled to happen around noon
Friday.
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