Took a walk at 7AM this morning with a friend and my 2 dogs. We chose a hike called "Shelf Road" in Ojai; a road that is cut into the foothills above Ojai, replete with some amazing views...
Photo Courtesy of Ray Smith at Daly Road Graphics - Thanks, Ray!
There are even 2 benches at excellent Kodak moment look out spots. Most people have their dogs off the leash and most of the time they handle the doggie social time pretty well, with a few scraps here and there. There are even doggie-bag dispensers plus a couple of 5 gallon water bottles to fill a big water dish at both ends of the path. I don't know who keeps them up, but they have been there ever since I moved here 11 years ago, and seem to symbolize the small-town friendly-people part of this place I so love.
The morning was clear and bright - the clouds having already retreated down the valley towards the ocean. Avocado and orange groves border much of the lower side of the road, with mountains on the upside. The grove irrigation sprinklers were running, and the air was cool and damp...with the scent of chlorine strong in the air.
You were wondering when I was going to get around to talking about water, right? You know, I "dis" chlorine a fair amount, but I am also realistic. We need chlorine to transport water in a sanitary manner, at least until someone invents a better way that doesn't need chemicals. But we also need to get that chlorine/chloramine out of the water once it arrives, along with all the other nasty stuff you sometimes find in your tap water that really shouldn't be there (and certainly isn't healthy) like MTBE's and pesticides and THM's, etc.
But this fine morning, the chlorine simply acted as a vehicle to remind me of my work, and the part of ECOsmarte technology that prevents hard water scaling. You know, the bane of landscapers who live in any area with fairly hard water - scale deposits. Those tiny little aperatures in drip irrigation get clogged pretty quick, and it seems to be a constant maintenance project, all because of hard water scale deposits. I was thinking about how much better the sprinklers would be running with no hard water deposits.
So listen up, all you Ventura and Santa Barbara farmers and gardeners and landscape architects:
Picture your irrigation lines scale-free, your gorgeous waterfalls and fountains scale-free, or the lawns not hardening with mineral deposits; requiring far less aeration. The technology exists, is proven and is available for all you lovely people in Ventura and Santa Barbabra counties. I will bring my laptop over with my powerpoint presentation and answer any questions you have...as soon as I get back from my hike.
