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Governor proposes new water-conservation enforcement powers for local agencies

Original post made on Apr 29, 2015

California Gov. Jerry Brown announced legislation Tuesday that would authorize penalties of up to $10,000 a day against those found to have wasted water and give local authorities new powers to enforce conservation requirements.

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Posted by Sonya
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 29, 2015 at 3:48 pm

KRON4 news ran a story early this week about builders in a Palo Alto neighborhood draining an aquifer at 50 gal. PER MINUTE! down the city drain so the home builders could have a basement. Will a fine apply to them, I wonder? And why wasn't that aquifer protected? Just wondering...

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