water conservation

I think that it's great that Occidental has planned to use plumbing in the new dorm that conserves more water, and I was thinking that another way that we can try to use water more responsibly would be to conserve more in the amount that is used to water the vegetation around the school. All too often I have soaked my flip-flop wearing feet in water run-off from lawns that are being over watered. Although I am not sure how facilities decides how much to water the plants, I think that it may be a good idea to do some research into how much water different species plants need. I'm pretty sure not all of them need to drown in water to be hydrated sufficiently. I was also thinking that the timing of the sprinklers may have something else to do with this issue. It seems that watering the plants at midnight (as I have often seen happen) is not the ideal time for all plants, because during the day is when plants need the hydration the most, I would assume. Perhaps in the morning would be an appropriate time, at least that's what I heard Martha Stewart say once...OR, perhaps the best idea would be to rid Oxy of all these non-native plants and put in some that are more adapted to Southern California's arid climate! That way we would use a lot less water all together. Yay! In any case, perhaps the watering issue may be something that the Environmental Stewards can address next semester - I call dibs...