That time I caught my HOA watering the sidewalk at 2 PM

I live in Phoenix and our HOA has these fancy timed sprinklers. Last week I was walking my dog around 2 in the afternoon and saw water absolutely pouring onto the concrete path near the clubhouse for a solid 15 minutes. Nobody else was around so I snapped a picture and sent it to the property manager. She said the timer was set wrong because nobody checked it after daylight savings. I work in healthcare so I see a lot of wasted resources but this felt personal. That amount of water in 105 degree heat is just crazy when we're supposed to be conserving. Has anyone else caught their building or HOA doing something wasteful that was just a simple fix?

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zara_hill4625d ago

Fifteen minutes in that heat? That's just painful to think about...

paulm9525d ago

Is the timer really that hard to check after daylight savings? I live in Phoenix too and every HOA around here talks about water conservation like it's their whole personality. Then they let the sprinklers run in the middle of a 105 degree afternoon and waste hundreds of gallons on concrete. The property manager blaming the timer is just an excuse for nobody caring enough to walk outside and look. Fifteen minutes of full pressure in that heat probably lost more water than my whole household uses in two days. It's frustrating when the people in charge of saving water can't even do the basics right.