Mitch Basefsky
Mitch Basefsky
adapted additional desert native plants water
Desert adapted plants, once they're established, they need very little supplemental water. Some of the other plants that we use in the desert, even if they're desert adapted, may not be native to this region, and so they may need additional water supplies.
blew failing pipe rather side weak
It probably blew out a weak spot. The side of the pipe blew out, rather than it failing at a joint.
expensive strategy totally tried
If we tried to fluoridate now, we'd have to find a totally different strategy to make it work, and we don't know if we could find a way that's cost-effective. We do know it would be very expensive to fluoridate on a well-by-well basis.