ApocaDocs: Amid drought, Sacramento water use climbed

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Posted Sun Aug 9 2009: from Sacramento News:


	Amid drought, Sacramento water use climbed http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1249849593 As the state entered a severe drought, many of the city of Sacramento's biggest water users increased their watering dramatically, including some familiar locations: the City Cemetery, Land Park and Curtis Park... Even when Sacramento issued its first-ever "spare the water" alert this summer, forbidding outdoor watering by residents from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the city's own park and cemetery workers apparently missed the memo... In the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery off Broadway and Riverside Drive, streams from antiquated jets pooled on crypts. The cemetery may host a drought-resistant garden of native plants maintained by volunteers, but its overall consumption grew by 76 percent from 2006 to 2008, the second-fastest rise of any large user.

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'Doc Michael says:

The irony of watering the dead ... is nearly too much to bear.