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The ordinance would include strict outdoor water use limits and a prohibition on adding landscaping, power washing housing structures and refilling pools and hot tubs among restrictions, the report said. (Shutterstock)
MARIN COUNTY, CA Marin County appears to be on the verge of enacting severe water restrictions.
The Marin Municipal Water District has proposed mandatory conservation measures, The Marin Independent Journal reports.
The ordinance would include strict outdoor water use limits and a prohibition on adding landscaping, power washing housing structures and refilling pools and hot tubs among restrictions, the report said.
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The MMWD plans to vote on a proposed ordinance April 20, the report said. If approved, the restrictions would go into effect May 1.
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Unpaid water bills are piling up across California as the pandemic continues to rage, leaving water agencies out hundreds of millions of dollars and nearly 1 in 8 families with rising debt and worse, a possible water shut-off.
In the Bay Area alone, tens of thousands of households have missed a water payment recently. San Francisco reported more than three times as many delinquent water customers at the end of last year compared with March, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic began. That’s pushed the city’s total outstanding balance up six times what it was, to more than $7 million.