Water is not precious; it is vital

 Grants Pass City Water Treatment Plant is 88 years old but was neglected in the first decade of water rationing by rates.  Replacing it will cost well over 100 million dollars.

         In the summer of ‘85 and before, we had thunderstorms nearly every weekend, because most people watered only on weekends.  Summer rain was clearly tied to the amount of water our sprinklers put into the air.

When drought was declared in the summers of ‘86 and ‘87, we were told to not water our lawns or wash our cars.  We had 103 days in ‘86 and 98 days in ‘87 of no rain. 

In ‘86 we started hearing about fossil fuels causing global warming and, separately, that fresh water is only two percent of the water on Earth and must be conserved. 

This was the beginning of the most widespread and destructive hoax ever conceived.  “Conserving” water has caused untold misery for millions of people and animals around the world who have lost their homes because of overpriced water rates, jacked up higher and higher to pay the overhead as more people use less and less. Water is not precious; it is vital.

Every city with a water plant controls its own water rates.  You, our Council, are responsible for the price of our water.  Break with the past thirty years and bring back the rate system that kept our city clean, green, beautiful, and safe from wildfire by putting our proposed Charter Amendment, “Utility Bills, Rate Setting, and Contingency Funds,” on our ballot.  Grants Pass voters will start the Ratepayers Revolt.

 

3-18-26, published at GardenGrantsPass.blogspot.com

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 Rycke Brown, Natural Gardener          541-955-9040              rycke@gardener.com