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Offline flowers

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'Let your lawns go dry': California passes mandatory water restrictions to cut use by up to 36 per cent in response to fourth year of drought
« on: May 06, 2015, 03:22:22 pm »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3069632/Drought-forces-California-mandatory-rules-save-water.html

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     State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved regulations
    Rules approved Tuesday require some areas to drastically trim water use
    Limit watering on public property and ask homeowners to let lawns die
    San Francisco must cut its water use by eight per cent and Los Angeles by 16 per cent, while Bakersfield and Modesto must conserve by 36 per cent
    Gov Jerry Brown ordered agencies to cut urban water use by 25 per cent
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Re: 'Let your lawns go dry': California passes mandatory water restrictions to cut use by up to 36 per cent in response to fourth year of drought
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2015, 03:35:07 pm »
We were under a watering restriction at our old house about 10-years ago.  Even though the watering was severely restricted we still got nasty-grams from our HOA about our brown lawn.   :nono:

We moved to a non-HOA area shortly thereafter.   :laugh:
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Re: 'Let your lawns go dry': California passes mandatory water restrictions to cut use by up to 36 per cent in response to fourth year of drought
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2015, 03:46:26 pm »
Amazing they are getting away with this. Agriculture uses %80 of the water. almond growers use 10 percent.
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