[SoCal Pubbie]

The article is full of innacurate information. There is no law or regulation against showering and doing laundry on the same day.

[deadrock]

Isn’t there a new law restricting water usage per person per household? Was that fake news?

[vette6387]

“The article is full of innacurate information. There is no law or regulation against showering and doing laundry on the same day.”

But the State Legislature just passed a law mandating that individual water consumption be limited to 55 gallons per day starting in, I believe, 2020. The comment just points to the fact that with that constraint, you won't legally be able to bathe and do laundry the same day and stay within that limitation. What I am wondering, is what about outside watering. In the summer, we use more than 500 gallons per day keeping up our landscaping. Here, you can go to the sewage treatment plant ( 18 miles distant) and get “free” recycled water. Water is heavy. I have a 300 gallon tank I bought, but never used during the drought. Full, it weighs about 2400 lb, which is more than double the carrying capacity of my utility trailer. But I see people using a setup like I have, with their tires ready to pop. Then you have to add in the cost of transportation. Thirty-six miles at $.50/ mile is $18 for 300 gallons. Even with the usurious water rates, it's still cheaper to pay the water company than to go get it.

[originalbuckeye]

I think it was a ‘suggestion’.

[Nifster]

No but there is a law that limits you to no more than 55 gals per day. It was a news article that calculated there were certain things that would exceed the limit if done in one day

[editor-surveyor]

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And water meters do not reord any daily data.

In most areas they are read every two months.
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[vladimir998]

Assembly Bill 1668 is what they’re referring to. It doesn’t say you can’t have a shower and do laundry on the same day but it limits usage to only 55 gallons per person per day.

“To give you perspective on how much water basic chores require, the station noted an eight-minute shower uses about 17 gallons of water, a load of laundry up to 40, and a bathtub can hold 80 to 100 gallons of water.” http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/06/07/tammy-bruce-californias-new-water-rules-are-making-people-flee-golden-state.html