Comments on: Life on the Island: Water conservation and backyard wells http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/07/31/life-on-the-island-water-conservation-and-backyard-wells/ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ayse http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/07/31/life-on-the-island-water-conservation-and-backyard-wells/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Ayse Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:18:14 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/?p=184#comment-228 I worry about wells, especially a lot of wells. The water underground is important to preserving our tall trees. On islands like Alameda, there’s a lens of fresh water that keeps out the saltwater, but if we drain that lens (and on years like this we could easily do that if everybody drilled a well), our fine oaks and other big trees will be killed by an inflow of saltwater.

I’d be happier if the city became more liberal about greywater systems for irrigation. I’d also like to see more groundwater recharge instead of storm drainage (putting water into the ground rather than into the bay). Then drilling wells would be less risky.

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