WILMINGTON -- With Wilmington under a stage-one water conservation alert, the city is doing its part by recycling water.
Pumps are draining the city's public pools and using the water for irrigation. The pool water is being routed to nearby sprinklers to water the grass in the parks surrounding the pools.
City officials say this saves water and keeps more than 600,000 gallons from entering the already over-burdened sewer system.
Wilmington city spokesperson Malissa Talbert said, "Another great thing about this is that the average homeowner who has a pool can do the very same thing. You can buy a very inexpensive manifold at any hardware store, hook it up to your hose, and water your lawn. That's water you've paid for, and you're going to pay for if it goes down the drain, so why not use it on your lawn."
Officials say outdoor water use and irrigation accounts for about 70 percent of average household water use. The remaining 30 percent is utilized through indoor plumbing.
Excellent idea
Kudos for the city of Wilmington person that thought of this.
But I didn't know that we had outflow meters that measured the amount of water than exited our homes and property. The real story is that YOU THE CONSUMER pay for the cost of it coming and going when it registers on your meter and are billed for it.
The city only cares if it goes down the drain if it impacts the already overburdened sewer system that they hope won't start leaking for the thousandth time.
Get the story straight, WWAY was fed a line of poo when they got this story from someone in the city.
But overall, it is a good idea. Nobody wants to see another leak or to waste water that is expensive to treat and might do some good being introduced back into the water table by irrigation.