Posted on 06/05/2018 3:32:34 PM PDT by Hadean
(Meredith/CBS13) – A new law passed in California will soon limit the number of gallons of water a person is allowed to use per day.
By 2022, residents in California will be limited to 55 gallons per person, per day. In 2013, the number of gallons used is expected to fall to 50.
According to CBS13, California is the first state across the country to institute tough, water-efficiency standards like this.
“With a child and every day having to wash clothes, that’s not feasible. That’s my opinion,” Tanya Allen, the mother of a -four-year-old, told CBS13. “But I get it and I understand that we’re trying to preserve. But 55 gallons a day?”
How many gallons?!
With the newly passed law, many people are asking if 55 gallons a day is enough. CBS13 broke down just how much water an average home uses:
An eight-minute shower uses about 17 gallons of water. One load of laundry uses about 40. Taking a bath can use anywhere between 80 and 100 gallons of water.
“I think the average new home is 35 gallons per person, per day, so we are not talking emergency conservation here,” Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board Felicia Marcus told CBS13.
Ways to cut back
One solution to the water problem is retrofitting homes with more efficient water fixtures, which would help in cutting back water usage. Another solution is for officials to fix leaks and educate residents.
“We lose up to 30 percent of urban water just to leaks in the system,” Greg Bundesen, who works with the Sacramento Suburban Water District, said. “Some people may not be aware that you’re going to use a lot more water in a bath. It’s our job to make sure they’re informed.”
The new law also requires water districts to perform tests on their water supply and systems to make sure they aren’t too stressed.
And now you know why we don’t live in the city anymore and have our Own Well!
How much water do 6,000,000 illegal aliens use?
Glad you let me know < / s >
“Watering the lawn and total home water usage per month aren’t the same thing.”
The water is all the same, no matter what faucet it comes out of.
Is this an attempt to make the homeless feel better?
Calling all FReepers
You might want to get out while you can still get a reasonable price for your home.
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Psst (by the way, my son has a two-year old home on 15 acres at the end of a quiet road...fully loaded and ready to move in. It’s ok to bring ALL your guns. It’s in North Idaho and 2nd Amendment is the law of the land.)
LOL!!
Here is a CBS article you will appreciate!
No mention of him doing back flips, gun falling out and him pulling the trigger as he tried to retrieve it!
I’ve seen that story. What an a$$hat!
If only they actually showered after sex.....maybe they should edict only baths with 2” of water in the tub to save water - and require at least 3 uses of the water before recycling it to water plants of irrigate pets...
If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down.
There should be a annual contest for the most badly run state in the Union. There are already opinions on the best States to live in/
No problem... do your business at Starbucks!
Correct. Brown violated the spirit if not the letter of term limits. CA is a Marxist oligarchy.
Ronald Reagan sold us out with his infernal Amnesty. Do not blame the now-minority conservatives, blame him.
I’ve called the gutless GOP representatives in CA and, believe me, they have no, absolutely no, cajones. And, they have clueless immature staffers answer their telephones. You hang up even more frustrated and angry than when you called. Unfortunately, the DC politicians aren’t any better. Anyone who has called will, more than likely, concur.
I was active in politics at the local, state, and federal level for over eight years in Texas and have conversed with many staffers. The ones here in CA and many in DC are useless, IMO. Putting clueless kids on the telephone to represent the elected officials is, IMO, pathetic and foolish.
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