Alan C. Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Brown orders California's first mandatory water restrictions: 'It's a different world' Brown ordered the California Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory restrictions to reduce water usage by 25%. . . . --Require golf courses, cemeteries and other large landscaped spaces to reduce water consumption. --Replace 50 million square feet of lawn statewide with drought-tolerant landscaping as part of a partnership with local governments. --Create a statewide rebate program to replace old appliances with more water- and energy-efficient ones. --Require new homes to have water-efficient drip irrigation if developers want to use potable water for landscaping. --Ban the watering of ornamental grass on public street medians. --Call on water agencies to implement new pricing models that discourage excessive water use. --Require agricultural to report more water usage information to the state so that regulators can better find waste and improper activities. --Create a mechanism to enforce requirements that water districts report usage numbers to the state. It's funny how everything the government manages ends up resulting in shortages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WasatchMan Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 It's funny how everything the government manages ends up resulting in shortages. Especially when they live right next to a body of water (the Pacific Ocean) that covers 165 million square kilometers (about 1/3 the size of the earth), with approximately 660 million cubic kilometers of water. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsv2f Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Their solution is always raise costs/taxes/size of government I'm sure that's going to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.prince19 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Dead Kennedys- California Uber Alles I am Governor Jerry BrownMy aura smiles and never frownsSoon I will be President Carter power will soon go awayI will be fuhrer one dayI will command all of youYour kids will meditate in schoolYour kids will meditate in school California Uber AllesCalifornia Uber AllesUber Alles CaliforniaUber Alles California Zen fascists will control you 100% naturalYou will jog for the master raceAnd always wear the happy faceClose your eyes, can't happen here Big Bro' on the white horse is nearThe hippies won't come back, you sayMellow out or you will payMellow out or you will pay Now it is 1984Knock, knock at your front doorIt's the suede-denim secret policeThey have come for your uncool niece Come quietly to the campYou'd look nice as a drawstring lampDon't you worry, it's only a showerFor your clothes, here's a pretty flower Die on organic poison gasSerpent's egg's already hatchedYou will croak, you little clownWhen you mess with President BrownWhen you mess with President Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan C. Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Residents could face fines for taking long showers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeonicentity Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I love how none of those solutions address the problem: They have subsidized water use for too long to farmers, and other special interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. D. Stembal Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 In honor of our fellow oppressed Californians, I will resume beating off in the shower regularly, like a teenager. Freedom is happiness! Tyranny is death to the male libido! I thought this was a humorous typographical error: We have a state water board that overseas the relationships with the districts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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