Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane
Where Does All That Water Go?
RECEIVED Mon., June 13, 2011
Dear Editor,
I agree with Bill Bunch [“Postmarks,” June 10] that we don’t need Water Treatment Plant No. 4. However, let’s just suspend rational thought and assume that we do indeed need the plant. Then we’d have to ask ourselves just where all this water is going. All too often it’s to water St. Augustine grass, on public as well as private lands. The $1 billion price tag for WTP4 is a big fat St. Augustine subsidy. Money spent reducing St. Augustine acreage would be a much better investment than a new treatment plant.
I agree with Bill Bunch [“Postmarks,” June 10] that we don’t need Water Treatment Plant No. 4. However, let’s just suspend rational thought and assume that we do indeed need the plant. Then we’d have to ask ourselves just where all this water is going. All too often it’s to water St. Augustine grass, on public as well as private lands. The $1 billion price tag for WTP4 is a big fat St. Augustine subsidy. Money spent reducing St. Augustine acreage would be a much better investment than a new treatment plant.
Philip Russell
