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Californians are increasingly turning to social media to document water waste by government agencies. Scenes of sprinklers spraying city parks during the day and public workers over-watering grass are cropping up on YouTube and elsewhere. More complaints are coming in about wasteful water use by neighbors and on city property. While government agencies are striving to limit their water use as they are supposed to, broken sprinkler heads and other faulty equipment sometimes undermine good efforts and intentions. Even stricter limits on water use by city departments will come within the next week, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles mayor. The number of complaints to the Department of Water and Power has also risen the past few months. In 2014, the DWP has received more than 4,000 complaints, in comparison with 375 complaints for all of 2013. When citizens do point out instances of water waste, agencies often resolve the problem quickly. Los Angeles Times, Sept. 29, 2014