Of course. If you can pay for it, nobody should force you to not have it. What next? The wealthy get too much vacation and fun?
All arguments aside about the government currently wasting water and its ineptitude.
In most cases, water isn’t a “want”, like “vacations and fun”, it’s a need. These folks “want” water for their lawns and extraneous uses. Those don’t qualify as “needs”.
In this case, I’m a bit torn between the free market and the realities we’re facing. The CLAIM is that there is very limited supply. Photos of reservoirs and measurements of the snow pack appear to buttress these claims.
Thus, the rule of supply and demand appears to hold sway here. The problem, as has already been noted, is that government has control of the supply. In addition, water is a necessity for life.
If these “rich” can continue to use otherwise potable water to water their lawns and other extraneous uses, it only serves to further constrict supply for those needing the water for hygiene (clothes, showers) and health(dishwashing, teethbrushing) reasons.
I’m doing my part, with regards to water conservation. I would expect others, regardless of station to do the same. They are not “elite”, nor entitled to special priviledges when it comes to conserving a natural resource that everyone needs.