I know you like a pretty garden, but for f**ks sake...

I live in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, which has an average temperature of 33.6 degrees celcius during our hottest month, with a max quite often up to 40. Rainfall is around 300mm per year.
Basically what I am saying is it is a relatively dry area. In fact the majority, if not all, of the water is supplied via a pipeline that travels the 550 or so kilometres from Mundaring, near Perth, to the holding tanks in Kalgoorlie. There isn't any publicly available ground water, as far as I am aware, as it is either too hard to find or very salty.

Okay enough of the history, on to my rant... It's about water wasters... It is great that we have fresh water available to this wonderful city, but just remember we live in an arid area and should treat this precious resource with the respect it deserves! The number of times I come home to find a river running down the street from the water wasters over-watering their lawns is unbelievable, even in Winter!!

Here's a quote from the Australian Water Corporation's website. http://www.water.com.au/savingwater/savingwater_irrigation.cfm

Operation Set your controller to deliver a 'standard drink' of 10mm per application. Then follow the guidelines below, changing your schedule as indicated. Month Frequency January Twice a week February Twice a week March Twice a week April Every fifth day May No watering June No watering July No watering August Once a fortnight (if needed) September Once a week (if needed) October Every fourth day November Twice a week December Twice a week

		In exceptionally hot weather the frequency may have to be increased slightly but it should be returned to the recommended rates once conditions return to normal.
		Water early in the morning (5am to 8am). Never water during the heat of the day.

If only people would follow some of the guidelines... Over-watering is bad for your lawn too you know. All that fertiliser you lovingly spread out... gone... It's flowing down the street with all that water and I know the street won't grow...