We are bombarded with higher water rates, told conservation is no longer a real choice and that we're headed for big trouble if we don't sacrifice. If this is truth and not myth, then I have to seriously wonder why I saw public city sprinklers going full blast during one of San Diego's biggest rainfalls.  My thoughts were directed toward my obligation to refrain from a nice long and warm bubble bath while as a ratepayer/tax payer, I'm paying for the City's misuse of water during a heavy rain spell. So, let me get this right.  We're supposed to conserve or pay higher prices and at the same time, the City is not conserving and we're all paying higher prices.  This picture requires some justification. 

If I am missing something, please enlighten me because I watched this unbelievable waste carefully in Balboa Park, around the park and on Hwy 163 where we certainly do have beautiful scenery to look at while we are driving.

I called the City and the water department to ask about the sprinklers on during the rain.  It may surprise you to know that staff will look into it.  Not one person said someone would turn the sprinklers off.  I guess the City is not set up to respond to a simple action.  It's now the following week and I'm still waiting for my call.  I intend to call Monday December 1st for my follow-up answer.  I bet not one person logged this complaint since it wasn't an emergency that the news would have rushed to show. 

Let me know if you have found the same and if anyone out there can explain why all sprinklers are on during rains, I'd love to learn the reason.  Does anyone out there know how much it costs to run all of the automatic sprinkler systems in the city?