Santiago Florez
farmer
“I think it would affect everyone. The farming would take the biggest impact. There’s no way you can tell your plants how much water they can have, otherwise they’re not going to produce. People at home can control their water, but farmers cannot.”
Reynaldo Cruz
GTE office worker
“That would be easy for me: I would just adjust the timer on my sprinkler system. We all would need to adjust, but that’s life, you adjust, adapt, or die. I’m fine as long as I get my Corn Flakes every morning.”
John Sheffield
retired
“Just buckle your belt. … When the golf course and the swimming pool are using water, I’ll cut that, too. I’m from the old school.”
Lisa Lalone
nursing student
“I would want to know the benefits that would come of a water restriction, and to have my own emergency water storage. … Each community needs to take time to educate themselves and rotate the times of water use.”
This article appears in Aug 15-22, 2013.