Portable Fire Hydrant Water Meter on One Each Fire Hydrant

Reader post:

Dear Water Watchers:

You have been sent 2 pictures. These are the Documented Visual
Readings of the one each , Portable Fire Hydrant Meter which was
observed for one calendar year or 12 calendar months.

Do the Math!

Nearly Two Million Gallons of Drinking Water was taken, from this One
Portable Drinking Water Meter at one Fire Hydrant at less than
$20.00 per 18 wheeler Trailer Load. This was for a period of One
Calendar Year or 365 calendar days.

Quite a Bargain??????????????

Just think I have heard there are approximately 40 of these meters
around the City of Midland, Texas

At 10 a.m. this morning on October 25,2011 I personally visually
observed another Portable Fire Hydrant drinking Water Meter being
installed at the North Side of the New Hospital Addition in Midland.
THIS ONE PORTABLE Meter CAN PROBABLY BE JUSTIFIED WITH A VARIANCE BY
THE CITY MANAGER OF MIDLAND, TEXAS.

Think about it!?????????????????

WW
We are doing the math… WOW!!

From a viewer

This was sent in from a viewer…
Water Watchers:

Bet you did not know thousands of Gallons of Drinking Water goes out
of the City of Midland Fire Hydrants every day Under a “Variance to
sell” to Chemical Companies in Midland County, and to water down the
New Construction Sites.

What Water Shortage?????????????????????

Water to be sold

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Thanks to the viewer for the submission.
Not to mention the city seems to exempt itself in this crisis…
WW

Texas Water Areas

This is why we have to conserve water. So many people will not take the hint till their taps run dry. Let’s try and be smarter.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/texasparkswildlife/sets/72157627429641925/show

Conservation may be inconvenient, but at the same time, it’s easy.

WW

Lake levels for JB Thomas as of Sept 04/2011–Live from the field

Keep watering your yards, there is plenty here…somewhere!

Maybe it is over here…

Nope, not here… maybe over there….

Darn, not there either, well there is one more place to look…

I guess it is just as hard to find water here as WMD’s in Iraq!!! No water here either. Let’s try another lake… has to be water somewhere!! While you are keeping your grass green, we will be off for some other lakes… there has to be water… why else would we be wasting it if it were not plentiful. Makes no sense, see you when we get to the other lakes.  Stay Tuned.

 

Drought Map for Texas

It is the same or worse in other areas of the nation, mostly the midwest where we have food production being threatened.

Conserve responsibly.

Weekley Report from CRMWD Augist 15 2011

City Of Midland

In the ‘DON’T DO THIS” section you will see very sloppy city work going on. They have opened a fire hydrant and are just letting it run. I have no idea who is in charge of all this but that was, in the crisis of a serious drought, simply irresponsible. How much water was just wasted? Why was it not pumped into a truck and sold? One likely reason is that it was inconvenient. So while the city mandates that “we the people” adhere to new rules of conservation, the city is exempt from the same considerations. The only other explanation is that there is no water crisis, so they were not worried. We Wish!!

I hope there are some responsible comments forthcoming from the citizens and the city because what could have been money in the bank is now running down the road.

WW

Ban is OVER

The ban is over and, though short lived, was still ignored by many businesses and residents. By no means are we out of the woods and WW offers a community think tank about how to recycle what we have. Showers, dishwashers, washers(the Kenmore kind), and whatever else can be safely recycled. Of course this is a fine science in the ISS where they recycle anything (yup, ANYTHING) and re-drink it.

There just has to be a way to, for example, reuse the showers, like one does a jacuzzi. You never empty a jacuzzi after one use, not very practical… so why cant we recycle, clean and reuse other water? For the moment, forget the grey water rules… let’s just think about a solution, prove it out, then look at any legislative hurtles.

Here is a cocoon shower… easy to recycle the water and re-filter it.

Here is another idea… though not so practical, seems neat.

In any case you get the idea…
We are a city full of engineers and skilled craftsmen. How about giving us a hand?

WW

WATER BAN

It has been reported by the Midland Reporter Telegram, that there is a main pipe feeding Midland that has ruptured.
NO ONE SHOULD BE WATERING till this ban is over.

If you have timers… get to them and reset them.
This is not a time to play silly games. We are doing what we can to conserve and urge that we all do.

Texas Rain Gauge!!!

Need we say more?