What was the key(s) component in the strategy to obtain the permit?
Hi Mike,
I think water will become a very important issue for golf courses in the next 5 to 10 years. We are seeing drought conditions in California and I think one of these years our local water district is going to determine that our needs are less important than someone else's and they are going to ration our intake. This sort of thing keeps me up at night.
More to the point - if you operate a golf course and buy all of your water from someone else, then you do not control your destiny. Before someone points out electricity... we own a generator the size of a small school bus. We could now be self contained if we had to be.
I feel it's prudent to take steps now to avoid the effects of rationing. IMO, golf courses will be very low on the water totem pole in a rationing situation. I'm not a doom and gloom type guy but I think we will begin to see rationing in different parts of the U.S.
In the mean time, and as a side benefit, we will lower our water bill by 30% by using well water starting now.
My wife doesn't care, my members don't care, nobody here... jeez, nobody cares but I'm thrilled by this boring topic!
- Peter
PS. Oh yeah, thanks for asking!