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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Respecting the water ban?
Rebellious moms busting the ban to keep their kids cool.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s a suburban mother’s rebel cry - We will let our kids run through sprinklers and fill up kiddy pools in the middle of the day despite water restrictions. We all know we’re not supposed to but it’s definitely being done.
We attended a kiddy pool party last week. We’d fill the little plastic pools and then when they got too muddy, we’d dump them out and fill them again. It was a corner house so I kept expecting cops to show up. I figured all the mommies would pitch in to help pay the fine if the owner got busted.
There was a discussion of which neighbor might rat the owner out. She said she witnessed the most likely candidate illegally watering their own yard, so she felt safe.
I was talking to another friend the other day who said they just bought one of those blow up water slides. I said, “Doesn’t your county have a watering ban?” He said “Screw that. You can tell by looking at my grass I don’t water. If I want to run a sprinkler for my kids I will.”
I think moms like using backyard pools and sprinklers in the middle of the day because they are easy, they are relatively safe compared to a deep, big pool, they are cheap and they can be done on the fly.
Are you cheating on the watering ban to let your kids play? Would you attend a sprinkler party when you know there is a ban on? Would you help pay a fine if the host got busted? Should families be able to trade out watering times — if I don’t water my grass today then the kids can use the sprinkler for an hour in the afternoon?
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