On 11 Aug 2003 08:31:11 -0700, (Foowah Ip) wrote:

Dear fellow gardeners,

Could you tell the amount that you are spending for watering your
garden?

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Too many variables. How large a garden? Growing what? Water rates?
Electricity rates? Around here, water and sewer charges vary quite a
bit from city to city, and even between 'flat fee' and 'actual use'
areas. Also, in last year's drought, nearly all landscape watering was
restricted, incl. by well water.

That is, there is little to be learned by comparing your (projected)
use with a random sample. You're gonna have to sit down with a
calculator and do the math for your own situation. One point: if the
well is 'shut down,' can it be revived later after you have a better
idea of your water use, etc.? After a couple of years, you should know
roughly how much water *your* garden uses, how much it costs, and
whether the investment would be worthwhile.