Actually, from what I've heard, conserving water is what causes the pipes to break because it changes the pressure in them.
Then there are also numerous allegations of massive corruption at the DWP. This would be something "reporters" could look into, except that they won't .
Reporters here are mostly TMZ- They run celebrity nonsense as the lead story of their "news" programs, then they throw in some light-weight human interest stories. Sometimes they cover crime-But not much corruption is covered .
LA “officials” will first need to create impact studies and commissions filled with wealthy city government insiders...But before the new commissions and members are elected, they’ll likely argue for weeks about the design for their new tear drop water lapels, in an effort to show they care and cry for the planet.
Dang it!
They went and changed the ages old physical laws of hydraulics since I retired!
I better look that up, it must be amazing.