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-PJ
Posted on 06/05/2018 8:55:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a draconian new law that makes it illegal to take a shower, and do laundry on the same day:
Assembly Bill 1668 establishes a limit of 55 gallons per person daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, starting in the year 2022. Violators will have to pay a fine of $1,000 per day during normal seasons and $10,000 per day if “the violation occurs in a critically dry year immediately preceded by two or more consecutive below normal, dry, or critically dry years,” the law states.
According to the attentive folks at The Organic Prepper, this allotted water ration exceeds the amount required for taking a shower and doing a single load of laundry and excludes taking baths altogether.
Writer Daisy Luther notes that an ordinary load of laundry uses about 40 gallons of water, while an eight-minute shower uses some 17 gallons of water. A bathtub holds 80 to 100 gallons of water. This means combining a shower and laundry on the same day would use 57 gallons of water, two gallons above the limit.
According to the new law, the 55-gallon per person limit will be reduced even further in future years, dropping to 52.5 gallons per capita in 2025 and just 50 gallons per person in 2030.
To ensure compliance, the government of California urges the use of creative surveillance systems to spy on all residents. Utility providers will be obligated to report on violators, and urban retail water suppliers “shall use satellite imagery, site visits, or other best available technology to develop an accurate estimate of landscaped areas.”
So as not to overburden the wealthy, there will be “provisions for swimming pools, spas, and other water features,” the law states.
The new, more aggressive mandatory water use levels set by the State Water Resources Control Board in coordination with the Department of Water Resources establish the initial indoor water allowance of 55 gallons per person per day and will also set an outdoor residential amount as well as a standard for system wide pipe leak losses.
This new law is ridiculous and will turn most honest, law abiding residents of California into lawbreakers.
Even worse, the drought has technically ended in California, so these restrictions make no sense based on current conditions.
If the politicians who run the state really wanted to solve the problem they would have limited the amount of grass homeowners can plant, and ban swimming pools.
Instead they come up with stupid rules, designed to harm those who can least afford it.
When people reach a certain age they don’t need to and really shouldn’t shower everyday.
Activity and glandular secretions are less after a certain age. It can really dry out the skin too.
Of course no two bodies are the same so some people may actually need to shower daily.
What do you think they did in the days before running water? Only the very rich could afford servants to bring water in by the bucket to heat up for baths.
Remember don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater? That was a real thing. Everyone used the same bucket of water to bathe out of.
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I can’t imagine not showering twice a day. I like feeling clean. At what age exactly do people not need to shower every day???
No, no and nope
“So as not to overburden the wealthy, there will be “provisions for swimming pools, spas, and other water features,””
Wonder, joy and glory, a brilliant way to screw the middle class in CA has just been discovered by the brilliant, hyper-wealthy socialists that run the state. They apply the personal water use rule equally to everybody, but the wealthy can still fill their swimming pools and, gee, a bit of that fill water just might creep over into their residences and miss the “smart” meters.
>>>Who doesn’t shower EVERY day?<<<
Sometimes I Shower two times a day.
Hopefully the Authorities will show me mercy and not shoot my Dog when they come to Arrest me.
I’ve had a well of my own since 1993. I am, however, glad I grew up in The Big City with fluoridated water.
Look, Ma! No cavities! :)
That explains why we suddenly have a digital “smart” water meter.
Scarcity. That takes me back to Carter’s 55 MPH speed limit days. Liberals sure know how to save Mother Earth by killing all commerce, energy consumption and now hygiene.
Is this a JOKE ??
ROTFLMAO!! Wearing hats and helmets to protect their heads, but the rest will get burned lobster red so fast they’ll need a few days of hospital treatment. Reminds me of an old high school story when one of my female class mates decided to take a nude sun bath under a sun lamp, fell asleep, and ended with severe burns covering her whole body.
but more than 40 of the state’s water supply goes to ‘preserve’ fish and it doesn’t work. get rid of the moonbeam mentality of governance and maybe the state can get somewhere other than continuous drought (bullshit), homeless everywhere, illegal aliens, everywhere, drugs everywhere, etc everywhere. Wake up California and look where your stupid democratic party has taken you
so invite a friend/neighbor over to take a shower together and while you are at it wash clothes in the shower. Spin cycle would be difficult but maybe the fun would be worth it.
Why not enact that Draconian Law right now? Why wait 4 years when you're long gone and out of office Jerrah? Hmmm? Damned Skunk!
California is a totalitarian, socialist, Democrat Party dictatorship.
The CA legislators are thirsty for dollars and water.
May they see neither.
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The streets of urban California are filled with people who don't even wipe every day.
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Better yet, just climb in the wash machine and have at it.
Sorry. Have to give credit where credit is due; The 55 MPH speed limit was imposed my President Nixon.
Road Rash is a B**ch.
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