https://www.facebook.com/topic/Alameda-Creek/108035172550121?source=whrt&position=6&trqid=6151993207688249250

So, just to be clear, vandals - possibly inadvertently - causing the loss of 50 million gallons is a felony.

But the average golf course using 5 times that is nothing to be concerned about?

That California has 1200 golf courses is of no never mind?

California golf courses alone consume 300 BILLION gallons of water per year.

Just take 0.0024% from each of those and you'd have that 50 million gallons back.

Thats one quarter of one thousandth of one percent.

According to a golf orinization that tracks such things there are 15,500 golf courses in america

15,500*250,000,000= 3,875,000,000,000

3.875 TRILLION gallons of water.

That is enough to service New York City for FIVE YEARS, or all of California for a year, or Texas for 18 months.

Just on golf courses.

The original golf courses were links courses. Situated in rough country, only the small area around the hole was cultivated, i.e., one link. You play link to link. Technically more difficult, but easily sustainable ecowise.

Throwing the flag on the "250,000,000" gallons of water per year for a golf course.

Why?

That's ~228,538 gallons per hour at each course. ~476 gallons per minute.

Might be true in the summer in Vegas, but damned sure isn't the norm in central Florida.

To be correct, you have to describe the source of water and its effluent path, which is either evaporative or groundwater capture.