On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:48:40 GMT, mrtravel
wrote:
>Mxsmanic wrote:
>
>> Keith W writes:
>>
>>
>>>As do the golf courses that Phoenix residents love so much
>>
>>
>> Golf courses occupy only a minority of the surface area of the city,
>> however. And I'm not sure that they need as much water as farmland,
>> since the growth of grass is limited compared to that of, say, corn.
>>
>
>Isn't it usually limited due to cutting? Many farm crops need a lot less
>water than what people put on their lawn. Additionally, the city
>attracts people more likely to play golf.
When irrigation water is cheap farmers grow waer intensive crops,
e.g., cotton. But in general water is not cheap for residents,
who don't get to pay the hugely subsidized prices for water paid
by farmers, so they don't use as much water. I really doubt that
a resident will use four feet of water per year here in the
desert bout typical rainfall in, say, Ohio.
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