[ben7799]

I live in New England, we sometimes have watering bans but overall we have nothing like California.

We already have graduated water increases in my town, go above a certain limit and your price will go up 5X.

It seems insane that any place in the west doesn't have a sliding scale since it's a desert and water is a zillion times more difficult to come by.

And we can mostly grow lawns without even watering.. they'll turn yellow for a little bit in the peak of the summer but they certainly won't die without irrigation/sprinklers like the west.

[AnimalMuppet]

Wait, you have watering bans in New England?

First, you need to water in New England? I thought you got enough rain out there.

Second, you have water shortages? Or was there another reason for the watering ban?

[ben7799]

Yep, absolutely.

There have been watering limits/bans for as long as I can remember. (I'm in my mid-40s).

Some towns have them and some don't. But the signs go up when we go into droughts.

As for whether you need to water.. it depends on what someone is going for. If you want ground cover that's got lots of weeds and native plants and isn't pure green then don't need to water. If you want a pure green golf course style lawn you will need to water.