California Sets Fines for Water Waste as Drought Deepens
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California regulators approved emergency statewide rules that allow fines against wasting water for the first time after a call for voluntary cuts failed to curb use enough as a three-year drought worsens.
The California State Water Resources Control Board passed an emergency measure yesterday that sets fines of as much as $500 a day on residential and business property owners if they overwater lawns to the point that runoff flows onto streets or sidewalks. Residents washing cars without shutoff nozzles on hoses would also face penalties.