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.
Too many illegal aliens for urban planning.
I’m going to have to move near a sorority and offer to let some of the pretty young co-eds save water by joining me in the shower.
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Being that they’re in a DESERT that makes sense. I grew up in Southern California. The entire state is not a desert.
They lose 30% to leaks?? That’s absurd.
I think you just won the internet.
Great movie.
“Being that they’re in a DESERT that makes sense.”
Dallas in not is a DESERT and Dallas has Watering Restrictions.
I know the media is fake and full of lies but, CBS is running a scam, lies, clickbait?
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/05/31/california-water-limits/#.WxXCC4Y10ko.twitter
Do like in Australia, catchment tanks.
But nope then the democrats will throw a fit cause its from the sky.
Thank god i escaped Ca back in 1992.
Sell California to France. The cheese eating surrender monkeys would love a state that doesn’t shower.
Sheesh, you try to help the environment and you get evicted. Why can't they make up their minds?
Have you checked out Assembly Bill 1668 and Senate Bill 606? It was approved by Governor Brown May 31, 2018 and filed with Secretary of State May 31, 2018.
I haven’t read them myself, but this information was in the comments to the article. Let us know what you find out.
I live in Euless and there are no restrictions here whatsoever to my knowledge. We’re the 14th fastest growing city in the United States.
The legislation is rather clear.
The restrictions are on the water districts, not the consumer.
If you want to get fined for watering your lawn, you should move to Texas, where you will be fined.
Absolutely correct.
And six months from now, when the tube is full of stories and pics of Californians up to their eyeballs with floodwaters, you won’t see me crying about it.
If you go to Mexico, don`t drink the water coz it ain`t safe.
If you go to California, don`t drink the water coz there ain`t none.
The bill, until January 1, 2025, would establish 55 gallons per capita daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, beginning January 1, 2025, would establish the greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, would establish the greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board as the standard for indoor residential water use. The bill would impose civil liability for a violation of an order or regulation issued pursuant to these provisions, as specified.Seems rather clear to me. Please explain why you say this newly passed law does not do what it plainly says. Eagerly awaiting your elucidation.
And you think those restrictions on the water districts won’t be passed down to the consumer?
The law does not limit the a residential consumer’s water usage.
But rather sets limits on and goals for water districts.
Unlike in Texas, where you get fined for watering off schedule.
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