Do you support piping canals to conserve water?

Asked by KTVZ

760 Votes

Do you support piping canals to conserve water?

62%

Yes, worth it! Yes, worth it!

38%

No, it's an eyesore. No, it's an eyesore.

62%

Yes, worth it!

It's an expensive project, but the conservation effort behind piping projects are well worth the cash and the loss of visible canals where I live.

It's an expensive project, but the conservation effort behind piping projects are well worth the cash and the loss of visible canals where I live. Show Less

5 Comments

Sara Huscher

Reduces water loss greatly

Gramma Jean

Our water in Central Oregon (and everywhere, really) is liquid gold. We need to take very good care of it.

Don Elsom

Its the only way to improve the delivery of water to agriculture and help protect our streams and water dependent wildlife

P N West

We need to do what we can to conserve natural resources. The canals, although beautiful waste a lot of water.

Jim Van Osdell

There is a LOT of water lodd through various reasons including leaks and evaporation. Piping is a sensible action to take to address these issues. Energy savings is another benefit

38%

No, it's an eyesore.

It's expensive and takes away the natural canals that many properties in town back up to. They're gorgeous and it would be awful to take them away!

It's expensive and takes away the natural canals that many properties in town back up to. They're gorgeous and it would be awful to take them away! Show Less

8 Comments

Mike Edson

To expensive. everytime you cover up a water supply you destroy wildlife habitat.

Beverley Owens Callen

Open canals in Central Oregon makes it what is- trees and greenery. Without them, only what is being watered will be green. It's a government money grab. Major fire hazard in a couple years.

Danni

I say QUIT building golf courses.

Pam W

I love seeing the water running thru town. I don't agree that we lose as much water as they say without the piping. And it is too costly and time consuming to get done.

Sam Ackerman

No, way to much cost. Oh the same amount of water would evaporate flowing through the canals then if the water was allowed to stay in the river flow.

Beverley Owens Callen

As a Home owner's expense to lose is w/a lateral canal,beauty,trees, pond,cost of cleanup,dried up Wells, Property value loss,no notice,vote or say about our water rights that we purchased & own! NO!

Jim Latham

irrigation ponds are not properly maintained and leaking water. People running their sprinklers in the same area for days wasting water. Wildlife and vegetation depend on this water.

TresMap_USA

I lived on the canal. Wildlife depend on the water too. Deer drink from it. Birds drink from it & swim in it. It's a freeway for birds! Water evaporates and comes back down. Only replace rotten pipes.