We need to stop the frivolous use of water

“Surge of desert surf parks stirs questions in dry California” (April 25): Four large surf parks with resort and housing developments are planned for the desert near Palm Springs, extracting diminishing Lake Powell/Lake Mead water and ground water already severely impacted by massive urban growth in the hottest,

driest years on California record.

The developers’ answer is: “We’ll use less water than a golf course!” Fields of green, watered grass or pumped, machined waves in the middle of a desert — these are our choices. Or are they? Where are the adults in the room?

Kathryn Jordan

La Mesa