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Example of wasted water in inefficiency economics

Why do people usually assume that water run on sidewalks and within the street while they water their lawns? Is that wasted water a symbol of inefficiency?

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The cost of water may be insignificant relative to the value of the time this takes people to shift their hoses around sufficiently which not a drop finds on the street. Therefore, this may be efficient for several people to employ "many more much" water; faithfully hand watering would be inefficient.

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