Sometimes I wonder about my City Government....a LOT!

See if this makes any sense to you, because it sure doesn't to me! 

Living in the desert, dust is a big issue since it's usually very dry and there is a lot of dirt as you may imagine.  Construction companies are required to water down job sites as they work so that they don't cause too much dust and particulate matter to become airborne.  I'm not sure if this is true across the country, but it is especially important here.

We recently discovered that construction crews here are using potable water to spray down their job sites.  Keep in mind that in the desert, potable water is at a premium and as the population grows and development increases our water table is decreasing and causing concern since we rely on ground water.  Now this didn't make any sense to us so we called the City and asked why this practice is allowed to continue!  The answer we received was that it was a health risk to use reclaimed water.  Of course, our next question went something like this:

 "So, what you're telling me is it's a health risk to use reclaimed water to spray down construction sites, but it's perfectly ok to use reclaimed water on our golf courses, or better yet, our parks and school grounds where our children play???  Please explain that."  Of course, they had no answer. 

I swear, if it weren't for family ties that I rely upon and a good job, I would be out of this city so fast you wouldn't see anything but the dust I left behind....which I would carefully spray down with potable water so as not to cause a health risk.