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Dave Warner: Save the trees, not the lawns

I have not watered my lawn this year and it is coming back with two short rains.

My fruit trees will probably not survive being watered only one day a week. Why not ban all lawn watering for 30 or 60 days to see what water savings result?

Dave Warner, Modesto

This story was originally published November 30, 2015 at 1:23 PM with the headline "Dave Warner: Save the trees, not the lawns."

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