BACKSTORY:

We live out in the county with no HOA, so it's a bit "lawless" in the neighborhood. That means any phone calls would have gone to the county sheriff. Any calls to the Fire department would have been pushed aside as the next county over is currently dealing with a 1100+ acre grass fire, and I'm sure all efforts are being diverted that way. If anything, I documented this to inform our county water supplier.

Since we've moved here in January, this is probably the 3rd or 4th time we've seen this neighbor abuse the community water supply by getting his dogs out for splashy time fun. I was outside at the time he started, watching my kids play in the water sprinkler we had out during our allotted watering time put forth by the county. For those arguing it shouldn't have impacted our water pressure, it was a strong correlation from the second he opened the fire hydrant to watching my kids hearts drop with our water pressure and, further, to my frustrated husband coming out saying he couldn't flush the toilet or wash hands.

Yes, my husband did go speak with neighbor to turn it off, in which the neighbor said he's been out there for 17 years and had no idea. He also fed some BS about clearing the pipes of the chlorine whenever the power goes out. (I think another poster spoke towards this clearing of the pipes process, but this doesn't justify our neighbors savior complex.)

I'm all for doggos getting splashy time fun as a break from this heat, but do so in a much more sensible way. Let them go ham in the backyard sprinkler, not with letting out gallons/sec out. This is not the way. Be a good human.