Is there a problem up your way with the water pressure? I noticed this while shopping in Alcoa yesterday.

Wheee!!! That substance is falling again. Since the pupster does not like it, I have decided it is rain.

I don't water our yard but we have lovely gardens that need watering and I would not quit watering them, even if there is a mandatory conservation declaration. Oh, and I read the paper and care about the community.

...when even the Kudzu and native weeds are wilting!

Whomever performed the rain dance should keep up the good work.

I feel there is a difference between watering gardens and trees versus grass. I think they should have broken down the law to separate them. It would be quite bad for the environment to loose a lot of trees. Gardens are, to some, quite important. I feel grass is replaceable enough to warrant heavier restrictions.

Also, I think they should have another level of water restrictions where they breakdown restrictions by address (odd/evens) so that those even numbered addresses water Mondays and Thursdays and odd numbered addresses water Tuesdays and Fridays (or some such breakdown). This way they might get more people to conserve, resulting in a decrease in water usage, thus not having to get to the level of strict water restrictions.

My friend in Rockford is keeping a pan in the sink to catch the water when she rinses a dish or washes her hands, and is using that to water her garden. Every little bit helps.