SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Ca - KCRA 3 has learned that Sacramento County may have wasted thousands of gallons of water over the past four days.
That's because 12 sprinklers near the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Watt Avenue may have been running nonstop for days.
"I first noticed them Saturday morning. Today, they were still on," Sheryl Laflamme said. "It's just unbelievable. It's hard to believe."
The sprinklers in question are part of a Sacramento County construction project that included the installation of new landscaping this past September.
Laflamme initially reported the problem to the city on Saturday. However, the city dismissed that call because the sprinklers are outside city limits. The county said it did not learn of a problem until Monday.
"It was an accident," Sacramento County Project Manager Scott Werth said. "It's something that was a maintenance issue that we took care of as best we could when we found out about it."
The landscape contractor told KCRA 3 that they did not know why or how long the sprinklers had been going. Neither the landscaper nor Sacramento County knew how much water was wasted.
However, Chris Williams, a hardware expert at Walker-Cordova True Value Hardware, estimated that 12 standard sprinklers operating nonstop would spray more than 1,000 gallons of water an hour.
"That's at a bare minimum with the adjustments all the way down. That's a lot of water, especially nowadays," Williams said.
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If water is so vitally important to Cali's economy, then why in the hell would Sacramento county be adding landscaping requiring additional water?
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I guess this is an attempt to save the all-important landscaping industry. TMan - can you enlighten us? or is it the fish's fault....
