{"id":5564,"date":"2014-05-15T00:08:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T00:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2014-05-15T00:08:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T00:08:57","slug":"rain-isnt-heading-off-water-use-restriction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5564","title":{"rendered":"Rain isn&#039;t heading off water-use restriction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>They&#8217;re talking openly now in Tarrant County about imposing mandatory water-use restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>And this is in light of recent rainfall that has damped the ground and lifted spirits in the Metroplex.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, way up yonder &#8212; here in the Texas Panhandle &#8212; we&#8217;re still bone dry and there&#8217;s no serious talk about mandatory restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2014\/05\/14\/5818770\/rain-does-little-to-lift-north.html?rh=1<\/p>\n<p>Are we in <em>that<\/em> good of shape regarding our water resources?<\/p>\n<p>Amarillo city officials keep talking about us having 200 to 300 years of water available. They have some <em>voluntary<\/em> plans in place. Gosh, I don&#8217;t mean to be a spoil-sport, but these voluntary measures aren&#8217;t getting the job done.<\/p>\n<p>City water use is still exceeding the goals set by the Utilities Department. That means Amarillo residents aren&#8217;t taking the hint: Don&#8217;t use so much water, because we&#8217;re draining our aquifer much more quickly than it can recharge.<\/p>\n<p>I am willing to adhere to mandatory restrictions. My yard already is looking pretty dismal compared to most of our neighbors, given that I don&#8217;t own an automatic irrigation system. Frankly, I&#8217;m not that competitive about appearances.<\/p>\n<p>So, bring on the mandate, City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I&#8217;m still praying for rain.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re talking openly now in Tarrant County about imposing mandatory water-use restrictions. And this is in light of recent rainfall that has damped the ground and lifted spirits in the Metroplex. Meanwhile, way up yonder &#8212; here in the Texas Panhandle &#8212; we&#8217;re still bone dry and there&#8217;s no serious talk about mandatory restrictions. http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2014\/05\/14\/5818770\/rain-does-little-to-lift-north.html?rh=1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5564\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rain isn&#039;t heading off water-use restriction<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3383,4508,4609,5200],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ogalalla-aquifer","tag-tarrant-county","tag-texas-drought","tag-water-restrictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}