Water users in San Jose, California could be fined up to $10,000 for water waste
12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Santa Clara County, CA
San Jose, CA
Start Date: 5/24/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2022
Santa Clara Valley Water District officials sent out more than 1,600 notices to customers who allegedly violated the waste water policy, which most often is allowing water to runoff onto the street or sidewalk from lawn irrigation. The district has not issued any fines.
San Francisco Chronicle (Calif.), Dec. 7, 2022
Water users in Santa Clara County could be fined $500, or even up to $10,000, as the Santa Clara Valley Water District enacted new drought rules to warn and eventually fine property owners who do not obey the outdoor watering rules, which take effect June 1.
Residents who observe water waste can contact the district to report it. A first violation will result in a letter being sent. A fine may follow a third violation, but violators would have to egregiously overwater and blatantly refuse to obey the water rules to be fined $10,000.
The water district, however, only has three water cops for the entire county to enforce water rules.
The district’s 10 reservoirs in Santa Clara County were just 23% full.
The San Jose Mercury News (Calif.), May 25, 2022
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