Monday Top of the Scroll: Hosing down the driveway? Why California has no statewide water wasting rules as it heads into a new drought
Anyone who lived through California’s last big drought from 2012 to 2016 remembers the rules. You couldn’t water your yard so much that the water ran off into the street or sidewalk. Or hose down a driveway. Hotels had to put up signs telling customers they could choose not to have sheets and towels washed every day. Ornamental fountains were prohibited unless they recycled water. Watering landscaping within 48 hours of rain was forbidden. … Now California is entering a new drought with dwindling reservoir levels. But so far, there are no statewide prohibitions against wasting water.
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