Braid: Blame me if you're angry, Farkas says, but failure to cut water use could cost lives |
Jeromy Farkas is a worried mayor. Sometimes, he sounds downright desperate.
It’s obvious in his voice, his blizzard of media appearances, his constant repletion of the dire water crisis the city faces.
He has good reason for worry. His water conservation message isn’t breaking through. Consumption is still much too high.
On Tuesday, he said people could die.
“If we do not see significant reductions, at least in the short term, we could potentially be in loss-of-life territory where emergency response (and) pressure into our water hydrants is compromised,” he told the CBC’s Alberta at Noon.
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He means that if water use doesn’t drop very soon, firefighters could find their hoses blowing air.
Farkas added that if people are mad and looking for somebody to blame, he’s their guy.
“I am ultimately........