Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:50:24 -0400
From: Diane Swan
Subject: hydrant flushing

I’ve come home the last three days to see the fire hydrant across the street “flushing” down into the Mill parking lot (in Bynum) creating a mosquito pond, while my flowers are dying in the heat.

Surely there must be a way to re-capture this water for use in gardening or farming.  In these times of drought, it seems so wasteful.  I’m appalled that the county doesn’t have a better plan than this in place for flushing it’s system.  Isn’t there a way to flush it into a water tanker truck for farming use?  Or into large”rain” barrels for community use in gardens?

Diane C. Swan
www.woodmoods.com