Readers respond……Perfect timing, Ridgewood goes into permanent drought restrictions on the same day!
Yeah, sure. Expect me to follow these idiotic rules. By the way what color should the handheld be? How will they determine whether I am using SMART controllers or a rain sensor? VC go away and fix the problem and do not force restrictions on hard working, tax paying residents who have done the impossible to live in a decent village but are now facing Africa like water problems at a time when there has been record rainfall. Idiots.
State officially lifts drought warning for North Jersey .Ridgewood officially institutes Permanent Restrictions same week.
Do they expect residents to instal rain sensors if their existing sprinkler system does not have one?
As other posts mentioned, Bergen County is no longer in drought conditions, this seems excessive, I have been seeing mine and neighbors sump pumps pumping excess ground water into the street all week.
I don’t understand why we couldn’t continue with restrictions based on actual scientific data. ( i.e. rainfall )
It’s obvious mismanagement at the water dept. they need to get more wells and more storage capacity . I remember years ago when my bill went up exponentialy their claim was they didn’t sell enough water.These people running the show would not last one day in the real world.
It came out that you can’t hand water flowers or use a hose. This needs a better explanation and needs to be reviewed. What’s next…no showering? Boyd was spot on pointing out that there is no enforcement of saving water in Wyckoff and Midland Park while we are going through draconian measures.
https://theridgewoodblog.net/drought-warning-lifted-for-all-new-jersey-except-hunterdon-and-somerset-counties/
https://theridgewoodblog.net/its-official-new-ridgewood-water-irrigation-schedule-water-emergencies-ordinance-now-in-effect/
Sell Ridgewood Water
How do we start a petition to get rid of Ridgewood Water?
There no longer appears to be a benefit of having our own system.
Don’t count on plentiful water in future. Wait and see what happens this season into fall.
Also get rid of grass and accompanying pesticides and herbicides that are bad for water and for you. Replace with plants, and shrubs, native and drought resistant. Minimize grass area.
ok 11:06 get the town to come in and pay to replace my landscaping, rip out grass and replace with drought resistant shrubs. This isn’t Phoenix for chrissakes. This amateur hour has to end. Get rid of the VC and let’s pay an experienced staff to manage the town. I’m 60 years old and not dragging around a hose just because that’s the only solution these mental midgets can come up with.
I hope you know that when you say your sump pump is pumping excess groundwater, that that’s not groundwater. Sumps are so shallow it’s really surface water. Drinking water wells are hundreds of feet deep – big difference. Rainfall does not equal immediate aquifer replenishment. As of today, the drinking water supply indicator is “moderately dry” for unconfined groundwater in our region — https://www.nj.gov/dep/drought/current.html#northeast. I don’t even know if our supply is unconfined – I hope it’s not – and if it is confined then rain here would have a limited effect on the aquifer anyway.