The Water Police will do whatever they are empowered to do; be it Warn you, Ticket you, or even Arrest you… Then you will do whatever you can afford to do, hire a lawyer, go to court, fight it, and hope your “proof” is sufficient and that the rules, regulations, or laws do not also include any water that you might have trucked in… I imagine that even if you bought a couple of cases of bottle water, you might just violate the spirit of the law and you could possibly still be convicted… Then it starts all over again, you hire a lawyer and appeal your conviction. It costs the “System” nothing per se, and they will still win, you will have been made an example of and it will have cost you a “pretty penny” win or lose…
Some battles are not worth fighting, some would say, “It’s the Principle of it…”, and I say, “Climb that mountain and scream for all to hear, ‘It’s the Principle!’ and you will realize, no one cares, not even the mountain…”
There are no Water Police. These penalties are enforced by the rate structure and your neighbors who call the water company and report your misdeeds. If you catch your rain water with tanks at the bottom of your downspouts you can wash your car every day (until the tanks run dry). My neighbor washes his cars only when it’s raining, so there’s only natural rinsing involved. During the dry season he uses a bucket full of used cooking water with soap to wash the car and rinses it very quickly. Being the slob I am, I just don’t wash the cars very often.
And you are fine with a neighbor reporting a water infraction? Reading history, this is troublesome. Now I heard a rumor and I don’t know if it is true or not, but if someone reports a person for cheating on their taxes, the irs will audit both parties. Seems like a good way to handle it if true.
I think you give the average person way too much credit for understanding the underlying issues and perhaps choosing what is best for the majority of people versus what is best for them…
I guess it depends on the level of the infraction. If most people are sacrificing for the greater benefit of everyone and there is one jerk flagrantly violating the rules, then yes. Where do you draw the line? What if your neighbor insisted on dumping oil into the drain sewer or perhaps near your well? Is that worthy of intervention? Just curious where the line is drawn, it is a slippery slope…
I have to wonder as we transition to more and more EVs on the road, will those 2 states demand that an attendant plug their cars into the chargers, too?
In my area of San Jose we are not allowed to home-wash our cars, but we are allowed to water the lawn. So the loophole discussed on the radio was whether you’d be allowed to wash your car if it was parked on the lawn? I think they decided it wasn’t in the sprit of the restriction, so no, we can’t do that.
Higher prices won’t necessarily discourage rich folks (and well to do golf clubs) from using less water they’ll just pay for it and use up all the water. And when you’re out of water, you’re out of water money won’t help.
I expect the actual problem is more practical. As pointed out above, water customers who are adversely affected by a steeply tiered pricing scheme will complain to the local elected politicians, saying they’ll not contribute to the politico’s campaigns unless that policy is ended. And of course you know what happens then.
