Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan has included Greensboro in a national effort to conserve water during April of this year and now she’s challenging all city residents to participate.
At a Greensboro City Council meeting in late March, Vaughan and the Greensboro City Council declared April as “Wyland’s National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation Month” in order to publicize the initiative.
This is the 11th year that the Wyland Foundation has held the friendly, national competition that asks people in participating communities to pledge to “use water more efficiently, reduce pollution, save energy, and explore ways to improve their community’s health.”
In addition to helping the environment, the City of Greensboro can win prizes – and so can you. If you go to www.mywaterpledge.com to join the campaign, take the pledge and watch the mayor’s call to action, you might win $3,000 toward your utilities, water-saving products for your home, product rebates or more.
The challenge – which encourages mayors across America to get their communities to participate – runs from April Fool’s Day to the last day of April. Of course, even after it’s over you should continue to try to preserve water whenever you can.
Vaughan stated in a press release announcing the effort that it’s very important for Greensboro residents to protect the water supply in all ways.
“Sustainability and environmental stewardship are priorities for keeping the green in Greensboro,” the mayor said. “Water conservation is part of this focus. That’s why I’m once again asking our residents to join me in taking this pledge to demonstrate how the Gate City values our natural resources.”
Wyland Foundation President Steve Creech, in the same press release, also made the case that there were very good reasons for people to take part.
“In the last 10 years, we’ve seen climate change and shifting weather patterns affect the distribution of water, pollution impacting the quality of water, and freshwater sources that are being used at a quicker rate than they are bring refilled,” he said “That’s why it is so important to have programs like this where people can learn what they can do to help.”
Have councilwoman Johnson give back the money you gave her for “cure for violence”.This would be a start.
Cut your special projects budget as you did the police departments budget.
Rather than doing the important business of Greensboro, City Council goes along with the climate change fools wanting to save water. Because of the cost, I think most folks use the amount of water they need, ; I know I do.
Besides, I think plenty of water is available to Greensboro – lakes appear to be full.
It’s important to understand that climate change is a very real and serious issue that affects not just Greensboro, but our State, Country and Global stability. Conserving water is just one small step towards mitigating the effects of climate change and ensuring that we have enough water for future generations. It’s true that lakes may appear to be full now, but we must consider the long-term impacts of our actions on the environment.
Not complicated.
Lot less complicated when you consider the amount of housing and industry they Greensboro keeps bringing into the water system. About 8-10 years ago we had a major drought problem and Greensboro was considering water rationing and buying water from anywhere they could. Stop expanding the strain on our system not to mention why WHY is the city running a water line to the battery plant in Randolph county when water will always be an issue in Greensboro
Leave it to our brilliant mayor to blame low water on climate change. Of course the climate changes but could building strip malls and housing on every vacant lot effect supply?
Well, if they would come find out why water is running under the street 24/7 in the drain at the end of the block. I would take them seriously. It took forever to get them to fix one issue that was causing mud in my yard.
People would come out and say there was nothing wrong. Finally, one guy from the city that was here to inspect something else took pictures and contacted someone to fix that problem.
But there is a running water sound 24/7 if you stand by the drain. I have a difficult time believing that much water is being sent down a drain. But maybe the new condos behind our block are using that much water and it is coming our way.
I don’t bother calling the city any longer. Waste of my time. In any case, glad we are not in a drought!
Calling a plumber for the fourth time (different ones) for drain problems. Hope it gets fixed and it is not a backup from when tne city fixed a pipe on a connecting street. Didn’t have this problem until then. The plumbing in the city needs to be updated. Their pipes are very old.
I’m gonna need that $3,000. Have you noticed your creeping up water bills?
La mayorina is full of mierda.
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The Mandate Mayor could make real changes like divesting the city of it’s municipal sprinkling of properties including the Golf courses and athletic fields used primarily by the wealthier citizens here. Or stop allowing city sponsored landscaping and gardens that use nonnative water hungry plants and only allow native drought resistant permaculture instead. This is just a press release and hot air.
“In addition to helping the environment, the City of Greensboro can win prizes . . .”
I’d like for someone to explain how using less water helps the environment. If we use less water from the reservoir for cooking, bathing and washing cars, what happens to the water we don’t use? It goes over the dam and downstream. If we do use the water (and smell a bit better) it goes to the waste treatment plant, where it is made CLEANER than what came out of the reservoir, and is released to go DOWNSTREAM. The water flows downstream whether we avail ourselves of it or not. Queen Nancy’s feel-good program helps no one, anywhere.
It would be easier to conserve water if we could actually see the consumption in real time. The meter is underground and we’re presented with a bill that is virtually unverifiable. Who was the idiot who devised such a system?
i get a monthly report of my water usage. it’s called ‘the bill’. it is always 1, 2, or 3 units of use – very consistent with my use pattern. when i use a lot of water i get a higher bill – SURPRISE !
You got $500 k to give away , now this. When are you going to reduce taxes vrs all the freebies for some?
Let me explain the “water cycle” to those on the counsel who missed that class in 3rd grade. Water is a renewable resource. Evaporation and Rain… in this area of the country we do not have a water supply issue. Only if we have a drought like we did in 2007 would it become necessary to cut back…. and do you remember what happened back then when we we all cut back water usage?…. revenue to Water Resources Department plummeted, and what did they do? make cuts?, dip into reserves? No, they raised our water & sewer rates…. so someone remind the Mayor that the lesson here is…if you want higher utility bills, just cut back on water usage….
. . . & use less TP . . . trees!