Water woes

Regarding “Houston water restrictions: How much you can use, when order could end,” (Aug. 24): It’s a bit difficult to be sympathetic to the city of Houston’s water woes when they continue to issue building and plumbing permits to burden an already overtaxed, inadequate water infrastructure. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging! When they get serious and place a moratorium on building permits and water meter connections, I’ll get serious about irrigating on certain days.

Dwight Albers, Houston

While I agree that Houstonians need to conserve water during this drought, I am very disappointed in the inequality of the water restrictions. Residents of means who live on large properties with sprinkler systems on timers seem able to get away with watering their lawns and gardens and to fill their pools with impunity.

Meanwhile, those of us of more modest means are forced to go outside at night with a hose twice a week, use much less water and try to keep the plants on our small lots alive.

It’s still too hot to water at 7 p.m., so this elderly lady (me) is forced to go out at 4 a.m. to water. I’m calling foul on this one.

Jackie Friedman, Houston

The city of Houston wants us to conserve water. Why don’t they fix the broken water lines?

There are two different places in my area where leaks have flooded the street for two weeks. How much water is that wasting?

I looked at the city budget for 2023. We spend around 58 percent of our general fund on public safety and only 6 percent on development and maintenance, including public works. How about a little balance please?

We spend more on social services

than we do fixing the streets and broken water lines.

Mike Beck, Houston