H2Oprah

What an idea! I'll try that next time any officials try to talk to me. I'm a very private person, too. I'll just ignore them and see how far I get.

10 million gallons and we are worried about oil ?

So, Ms Winfrey used about 32.53 acre feet of water in 2007 and 19.5 acre feet in 7/07-7/08 at her property! Wow!

What's the average per household property consumption in Montecito? in Santa Barbara? in Santa Barbara County?

What was the consumption of Harold Simmons on Cold Springs Road?

Perhaps if they begin to publicize how much the greedy Montecitans use, it might help curb somewhat the appetite for lawn watering.

(Btw, the average individual American consumption of water is 159 gallons and more than half the world's population lives on 25 gallons or 0.18 acre foot and and 0.005 acre foot.)

Now you know why they don't want the Miramar developers to have any H2O.

I like the headline...it just needs the word 'bloated' before it.

(Btw, the average individual American consumption of water is 159 gallons and more than half the world's population lives on 25 gallons or 0.18 acre foot and and 0.005 acre foot.)

That's per day, I meant to add ---

In Palm Springs, for instance, the average family consumption is 1,400 gallons/day or a little more than 1.57 acre feet/year; in the UK it's about 45 gallons/day.

At 1,300 cu ft of water/month, the av. SB city household uses about 325 gallons per day or a little more than a third of an acre foot per year.

I say let her use as much water as she wants.

But for big wasters like her charge her by the gallon. How about $1 per gallon.

Hopefully she'll move the heck out of town and sell to someone who cares about their community.

woah opinionator! thats a great idea.. either $1/gallon water for their precious lawns, or open up some of that space so our kids can play on it. Nobody is ever out on Harolds lawn, we can start there..