East bay residents contemplate water rationing
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on May 16, 2008 at 5:25 amFrom the San Francisco Chronicle:
Quicker showers? No problem. Less laundry? Easy. But let a lush, freshly seeded lawn turn brown? Never, say water customers in the East Bay.
Faced with mandatory rationing by the East Bay Municipal Utility District, thousands of customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties Wednesday began contemplating a long, hot summer of restricted water use. The utility is asking residents to cut back 19 percent or possibly face fines, surcharges and water service shut-offs.
“I’ve got half an acre of lawn, a swimming pool and three teenagers,” said Alex Theriault, a contractor from Danville whose bi-monthly water bills top $1,400. “I can’t afford not to cut back. But I’m not losing the lawn. My kids like it too much. And I’m not losing the pool. I like the pool.”
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