Letter: Artificial turf can coexist with grass and shrubs

Recent letters to the Public Forum from Ted Wilson and two others recently spoke out against artificial turf and rock slabs in response to the complaint of a homeowner in the Salt Lake City area required to remove artificial turf.Wilson specifically noted that turf and rock slabs prevent ground water infiltration and are bad for bees and butterflies because there would be fewer plants and flowers.I am a retired engineer who did groundwater modeling (not a hydrologist) and delayed this response u