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hedgehog

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12. California adopts $500 criminal penalty for water waste

Reply to Live and Learn (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 10:44 AM

Aug 2014

Californians as a whole have failed to conserve water during the worst drought in a generation, according to data reviewed by the board at its meeting Tuesday in Sacramento.

Residential and business water use in California rose 1 percent in May compared to a three-year average of the same month from 2011 to 2013, according to a recent survey of 276 water agencies. Those agencies represent about two-thirds of all urban water users in the state.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/15/6558982/california-used-more-water-in.html#storylink=cpy

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Doomsday Trigger for Megadrought? [View all] unhappycamper Aug 2014 OP

Another win-win situation that we won't take advantage of CanonRay Aug 2014 #1

Which is the greater sin? Danascot Aug 2014 #2

Umm....both? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #8

The two seem to be highly correlated. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #9

There is a huge amount of waste in the California water system n2doc Aug 2014 #3

Ahh yes, that damn food! nt Live and Learn Aug 2014 #5

Like Almonds! And wine grapes! n2doc Aug 2014 #10

The wineries. So hideous. Watching them chop down old Redwoods raouldukelives Aug 2014 #20

I was amazed at the expansion of wineries in northern California n2doc Aug 2014 #21

California adopts $500 criminal penalty for water waste hedgehog Aug 2014 #12

Military and corporate vampires sucking the life out of this country. L0oniX Aug 2014 #4

We will get a fight in cutting the military funding even for something as needed as this but IF we jwirr Aug 2014 #6

It's really not sinking into the American consciousness yet. Assuredly, the 1% are fully aware. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #7

Of course they are, that's why they're buying all the water. malthaussen Aug 2014 #11

Yup. "Because one day we'll win the lottery." WinkyDink Aug 2014 #18

I think the Pentagon has already issued a report stating that water shortages hedgehog Aug 2014 #13

I'm not an enigineer by ANY stretch of the imagination Shadowflash Aug 2014 #14

desal water is expensive and causes environmental problems bananas Aug 2014 #15

Makes perfect sense. Shadowflash Aug 2014 #16

Though Shadowflash Aug 2014 #17

I'm very much against building desalination plants. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #19

You'd need hundreds of desal. plants to make a dent NickB79 Aug 2014 #22