California adopts $500 criminal penalty for water waste. It will now be considered a criminal act to waste water in California. On Tuesday, amid evidence that existing conservation measures are not working, the State Water Resources Control Board took the unprecedented step of declaring certain types of water waste a criminal infraction similar to a speeding violation. Water use deemed excessive – such as allowing landscape watering to spill into streets, and hosing off sidewalks and driveways – can be subject to fines of $500 per day. Read more here: sacbee/2014/07/15/6558982/california-used-more-water-in.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:26:56 +0000
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