Lady Gaga: California Water-Conservation Cheerleader

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Lady Gaga, shown here at the Oscars this year, is the new face of water conservation in California. Creative Commons image by Flickr user

By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix

California’s water bureaucracy has approved penalties against the hydro-criminals among us who do things like wash sidewalks and dump too much water on our lawns. Penalties could be as much as $500 per offense. It remains to be seen how the scores and scores of water agencies that will need to enforce the new rules will actually do it, though. If San Francisco and its massive Hetch Hetchy system are any indication, our new water cops will hand out warnings before trying to impose fines.

But both the state and the city are also going to try a softer, pop culture-based approach to winning over the water-wasting public.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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