Posted on 09/30/2014 11:07:24 AM PDT by right-wing agnostic
The scene captured on video by a onetime aspiring filmmaker had neither actors nor dialogue, but it spoke volumes:
A stream of water from a leaking sprinkler pooled on the ground, creating a miniature marsh. Above the glistening pond, silver block letters on the building in the backdrop spelled out: "Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, Receiving Station K."
To Matt Chapman, who gave up his film dreams for a software engineer's more reliable paycheck, it was a case of hypocrisy worth documenting on YouTube. And he's not the only one scrutinizing how public agencies use water.
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"Whether it's a violation or not is kind of a technicality. The point is they were very clearly wasting water," Chapman said of the leaking DWP sprinkler. "If they're trying to hold citizens responsible financially for wasting water on their homes, then certainly I hope somebody is being held responsible at the DWP for wasting water like that."
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Mark Chapman needs to know that as long as zero is _resident, no one is accountable...
Great try, though....
You don't really expect them to abide by all these rules they hand down, do you?
When the citizens cut back on water usage the revenue to the city will drop, then the city will raise the rates to make up for their loss.
Yes my California city has a new rule—no sprinklers between 7 am & 7 pm, yet the sprinklers still run all day at city buildings and parks. The excuse is always it is too hard to change the timers.
Later
Simple, break off the sprinkler heads
>> break off the sprinkler heads
...or the heads of the nameless, faceless “officials” allowing the waste.
Yes.
Happened in Mecklenburg county, NC. Then when the drought ended, the rates stayed the same.
They would have to hire at least three full-time employees with benefits to change the timers; union rules. And once their “skill” was no longer needed, they would have to keep them employed anyway.
Sic "Tank Girl" and her "Ripper" buds on'em?!? d:^)
They can’t afford it: changing the timers would require a crew of twelve $500 an hour (pay and benefits) union members with probably a minimum of 8 hours work, plus travel and expense reimbursements if traveling more than 5 miles.
Beat me to it! Not to mention the loss of dozens of $90K per year Sprinkler Attendant Class I jobs.
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