Posted on 06/05/2018 8:55:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a draconian new law that makes it illegal to take a shower, and do laundry on the same day:
Assembly Bill 1668 establishes a limit of 55 gallons per person daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, starting in the year 2022. Violators will have to pay a fine of $1,000 per day during normal seasons and $10,000 per day if “the violation occurs in a critically dry year immediately preceded by two or more consecutive below normal, dry, or critically dry years,” the law states.
According to the attentive folks at The Organic Prepper, this allotted water ration exceeds the amount required for taking a shower and doing a single load of laundry and excludes taking baths altogether.
Writer Daisy Luther notes that an ordinary load of laundry uses about 40 gallons of water, while an eight-minute shower uses some 17 gallons of water. A bathtub holds 80 to 100 gallons of water. This means combining a shower and laundry on the same day would use 57 gallons of water, two gallons above the limit.
According to the new law, the 55-gallon per person limit will be reduced even further in future years, dropping to 52.5 gallons per capita in 2025 and just 50 gallons per person in 2030.
To ensure compliance, the government of California urges the use of creative surveillance systems to spy on all residents. Utility providers will be obligated to report on violators, and urban retail water suppliers “shall use satellite imagery, site visits, or other best available technology to develop an accurate estimate of landscaped areas.”
So as not to overburden the wealthy, there will be “provisions for swimming pools, spas, and other water features,” the law states.
The new, more aggressive mandatory water use levels set by the State Water Resources Control Board in coordination with the Department of Water Resources establish the initial indoor water allowance of 55 gallons per person per day and will also set an outdoor residential amount as well as a standard for system wide pipe leak losses.
This new law is ridiculous and will turn most honest, law abiding residents of California into lawbreakers.
Even worse, the drought has technically ended in California, so these restrictions make no sense based on current conditions.
If the politicians who run the state really wanted to solve the problem they would have limited the amount of grass homeowners can plant, and ban swimming pools.
Instead they come up with stupid rules, designed to harm those who can least afford it.
But then they would have to pay the Exodus excise tax.
Laundry and washing hair on the same day a crime,? sounds fairly insipid compared to Che Guevara's dirty work for Castro....just you silly Californians wait.
On the other hand, my plumber says that irrational water conservation, like low flow toilets, is putting his kuds through college. After his recent visit, he suggested we use more water.
Can there be ANY doubt that they plan to Hunger Game us?
“So is there no consideration of how many people live in a house?”
Exempting themselves. Of course.
Nope. Hold the rich to the EXACT same standards as everyone else.
The dems and libs whine about class warfare and then set up the perfect scenario for feeding it.
They are creating a caste system and the untouchables get the dirty end of the stick, as usual.
This is beyond disgusting and I hope it's challenged and tossed ASAP.
Lots of click-bait and misrepresentations.
Pssst Jerry you have a ocean drain the salt sfb.
That’s why I can’t live in CA.
Somedays I get out of the shower and realize, I got to do laundry!!
Texas needs to pass a tax to prohibit Californians from moving here. Give them a cooling off period in another state. We do not need more crazy.
Just curious where you heard this. I have not yet and I am SURE that if this became widespread, there would be an overthrow of the government.
Kind of like those Profanity Detectors in the movie "Demolition Man"...
***if “the violation occurs in a critically dry year***
Reminds me of a city a few years back, during a dry spell asked the residents of the town to “conserve water!”
The citizens conserved so much water that revenues were down, so the city raised the water rates to make up for the loss.
Did not see the per person. I guess you have to sign an affidavit to that effect. Do you have to fill out a waiver when you have company? Just rhetorical questions really.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1668
Very last paragraph is the kicker. I think.
Low flow toilets have issues.
Not to get graphic, but, there are times when you might have to flush twice, if you get my drift. And then you are using additional water for the additional flush.
More great ideas from Shit for Brains Jerry Brown!
Not France ... San Francisco.
” I guess you have to sign an affidavit to that effect. Do you have to fill out a waiver when you have company? Just rhetorical questions really.”
The article is inaccurate.
The law sets goals for water districts and does not target the consumer.
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