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Resident urges water‑use limits, incentives and conservation as wells decline
Summary
At public comment, resident Becky Rose urged the commission to consider water‑use restrictions, incentives and grants to reduce residential outdoor watering and protect groundwater, and warned against direct potable reuse absent community agreement.
Becky Rose, a Canyon resident, used the public‑comment period on May 20 to urge the commission to take steps to reduce residential outdoor water use and to consider incentives or grants to help homeowners convert landscapes to lower‑use plantings.
Rose said many new homes have large lawns that increase residential water demand and household bills. “Most of the water bills are around $85 to $95. Then when you have water, they can go up from 200 to $300,” she said, urging programs that would lower bills and runoff.
She suggested a mix of incentives and regulation: grants or tax incentives to help residents re‑landscape, and odd/even day watering schedules or even no‑water days enforced by citation, pointing to programs she saw in Arizona. “Maybe doing an incentive where, you know, they rotate odd and even days… and maybe one day have it where nobody waters,” Rose said.
Rose also raised a concern about wastewater reuse and described direct potable reuse in blunt terms. “Do you wanna have nice ground water for your children, your grandchildren, your great grandchildren, or do you want them to be drinking, as I would call it, urine water?” she asked, adding that siting and cost of water‑reclamation facilities are complex.
No action was taken during public comment; Rose asked the commission to consider policy, incentives and outreach to reduce outdoor water demand and protect groundwater supplies.
