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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 10:28 PM Oct 2015

Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Upscale Beverly Hills is among four California cities whose water utilities have been fined for not forcing residents to conserve enough water during California's unrelenting four-year drought, officials said on Friday.

The wealthy Los Angeles area municipality was fined $61,000 on Thursday, making it the only community not located in a desert to be assessed penalties, the California State Water Resources Board said.

"Some urban water suppliers simply have not met the requirements laid before them," said Cris Carrigan, director of the water board's Office of Enforcement. “For these four suppliers, it’s been too little too late."

"For those who aren't (conserving) and who are wasting water, you should be ashamed of yourselves," Carrigan said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/beverly-hills-fined-not-conserving-enough-water-drought-015758869.html

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Beverly Hills fined for not conserving enough water in drought (Original Post) Little Tich Oct 2015 OP
60k? Why even bother? Chakab Oct 2015 #1
Parking ticket land. Lochloosa Oct 2015 #2
Fined, slap on the hand, what's the difference. It didn't hurt one bit. nt valerief Oct 2015 #3
Good. BigDemVoter Oct 2015 #4
Chances are he wont know Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #5
Poor Jed - how is he supposed to keep the cement pond full? n/t 24601 Oct 2015 #6

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
4. Good.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:13 PM
Oct 2015

In the Bay Area, we are beating the target goal. My apartment manager sent out a pretty threatening letter to all of the residents in my building, telling us they would "know" who was using too much water. . . . I'm not sure what the point of the implied threat was, as I'm not aware that the building owners could do anything--maybe report us to the county? In any case, I think people pretty much want to do the right thing, and as we are in an apartment building, nobody has a lawn to water!

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
5. Chances are he wont know
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:17 PM
Oct 2015

Some apartment buildings have meters for each apartment, but if that was the case you would probably get your own bill, and the landlord wouldnt care how much water you use since its in your name.

I would assume he has no way of knowing.

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