07-23-2014, 04:32 AM
In defense of the farmers, when the canals are turned on the water needs to be used. It doesn't go back to the lake. The canals can't be just turned off and on like your home faucet.
When they are allotted the water, they just about have to use it, or it's wasted anyway. The canal doesn't run backwards. So rain or shine they water when their turn is.
Really the only way that they can adjust is if they shorten the season, and some of them have done that to save the fish. They did with Chesterfield last year. I hope they keep a pool there this year. That isn't an easy sacrifice. It costs them lots of money to shorten their water.
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When they are allotted the water, they just about have to use it, or it's wasted anyway. The canal doesn't run backwards. So rain or shine they water when their turn is.
Really the only way that they can adjust is if they shorten the season, and some of them have done that to save the fish. They did with Chesterfield last year. I hope they keep a pool there this year. That isn't an easy sacrifice. It costs them lots of money to shorten their water.
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