Water your lawn less

Water your lawn less and reap the eco-benefits
By BETH BOTTS
Chicago Tribune..........There are other environmental costs. The water from your outdoor faucet had to be taken from a lake, river or a well; filtered; treated with chemicals to make it safe enough to drink and pumped to your house, at a cost in energy as well as tax dollars. Using potable water for lawns is wasteful, and “your lawn doesn’t really need fluoride,” said Debra Shore, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago..........