GuelphToday has received responses to the letter titled Another summer to be dominated by brown, dead grass.
Lawn goes dormant during drought
Such a silly suggestion! If your lawn is healthy and has been able to put down good roots, it will go dormant during a drought and once it starts raining, your lawn will bounce back and be lush and green.
Watering bans are nothing new...I actually have a Guelph Mercury from November 1954 and there is an article about watering bans then.
Adding "more pipes" won't solve your problem, as our water is from ground water sources and replenishes from spring run-off and rain.
As far as the street signs, the more the better as a good deal of drivers don't even see STOP signs!
Diane Zinger
Plant drought resilient vegetation
Our society is based on having a green lawn where it is increasingly incompatible with the local climate. The grass is turning brown because that's what grass evolved to do when it doesn't rain; it is not dead, it is dormant.
The expectation of a green lawn is throwback to the wasteful 20th century, and should never have been.
The strategy should be to either accept brown grass, or if green is important to us, plant drought resilient vegetation that is compatible with the local climate.
Adding pipelines to lakes isn't the answer. Adapting our society to the climate that is and will be is the answer.
Karl Morant
