THE FAILURE OF CALIFORNIA AS RUN BY DEMOCRATS ALL THESE YEARS HAVE FAILED ITS CITIZENS WITH VISION FOR THE FUTURE–AS THE PRESENT DROUGHT HAS LEFT DEMS SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AND RUNNING AROUND WITH HEADS CHOPPED OFF DOING THE RAIN DANCE TO BRING IN MORE REIGN OF CONTROL SINCE THE POLICY METER GOES LEFTIST–SO NOW THE HOME DWELLER MUST COUGH UP MONIES TO STORE RAIN WATER TO THE TUNE OF $25,000 SINCE WASTEFUL SPENDING IS THE NORM AND NOTHING TO DO ABOUT BRINGING CENTRALIZED WATER TO THE METROPOLIS–LIKE THE BIG DIG TO CAPTURE RAIN IN RAINY SEASONS INSTEAD OF WATCHING IT FLOOD AWAY INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN BUT MONIES MUST BE SPENT ON THE FASTER FASTER SPEEDY GONZALES BULLET TRAIN TO NO WHERE WHILST THE PEOPLE THIRST FOR WATER AND LACK OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TO BOOT–THE TRUE MISMANAGEMENT AND MISUSE OF TAX PAYERS MONIES

……The high-tech aspect of the StormCatcher program involves a computerized control panel that is attached to the side of Wassenaar's home. This controller monitors the water level in the cistern and controls the release of water into the rain garden.
The controller also provides data to officials who are evaluating the pilot program, and it will trigger water releases based on weather forecasts. (If a big storm is coming and the tank is full, it will flush water into the rain garden to make room for the system to capture more storm water.)
Officials say a vast network of homes outfitted with such systems might prove to be a modern-day answer to flood control. Kuehl noted that the flood control system that currently crisscrosses the county is 100 years old and was designed to flush rainwater into the Pacific Ocean.
She and other officials say that, after years of drought, they must now consider a system to prevent flooding but also allow rainwater to recharge underground aquifers.
In the case of Wassenaar's system, it would take more than 2 inches of rainfall to fill the cistern, officials said. During an average year, the system will collect at least 7,000 gallons of water.
Officials say that by encouraging residents to capture and store rainwater they can lower their water bills, help eliminate incidents of neighborhood flooding and reduce the amount of pollutants that runoff washes into the sea.
The system isn't cheap, however. While the low-tech components of the system could be installed for several thousand dollars, the high-tech control panel brings the price to $25,000.
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