Southern California Water Crisis and California Plumbing Retrofit Law
By Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula, Realty Works Temecula
(Realty Works Temecula)
This bulletin from CAR, which is in the, "Share It", section of the California Association of Realtor's news bulletin has some very interesting facts: The average household uses 174,000 gallons of water each year 57% of water usage goes to watering the grass and other landscaping usage This second bullet point about landscaping usage really surprised me! It makes sense to have desert landscaping to prevent waste of water used only for ornamental use! Don't forget the retrofit law which states that by January 1, 2017 every residential property that was built prior to 1994 has to have the following: Toilets that use no more than 1.6 gallons per flush Shower heads with flow rates of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute Other interior fixtures that use less than 2.2 gallons per minute What ...
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