The water all goes back to earth, I don't see the problem.
Most of the water is on a meter so someone is choosing to pay for it.
Sounds like the intention is for public spaces though, so maybe its tax dollars. In that case, quit watering useless grass on other peoples money. They really should be planting edible stuff. But that does kind of make a mess, or attract undesirables.
I don't see the problem.
it takes a weeee bit time to aquifers to refill
someone is choosing to pay for it.
its called drought
Someone should be monitoring the levels and adjusting the price so it doesn't drain too far or overfill.
The problem is that water isn't priced appropriately. The costs of dams and aqueducts are subsidized by taxpayers instead of being borne by the people using that water. In the case of industrial and farming it's subsidized even more. The easy fix is to charge the full and complete cost for water and every user pays the same price. The market will sort it out in short order.
Free market would fix many problems.
Cause few others, but a free market would quickly find solutions.
Absolutely. The people who stand to lose from the logical solutions to problems are the ones who oppose free markets. That's why mega-corporations are usually anti-free market. I bet the casinos in Vegas are opposed to water pricing according to actual cost just like agribusiness in California. They know that if they had to pay the actual costs (or even the same rates that residential customers pay) they'd be broke in a hurry.
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