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From KQED.

Welcome back to Forum.

I'm Mina Kim.

It wasn't that long ago that Californians were living under some pretty tight rules aimed at conserving water. You couldn't water your yard so much that the water ran off into the street or sidewalk or hosed down a driveway. Paul Rogers reminds us in his piece for the Mercury News. Watering landscaping within 48 hours of rain was forbidden,

and if you washed a car with a hose, it had to have a nozzle. These rules and others

expired in 2017, but now California is entering another drought, and as of Monday, we now have

41 California counties in a drought emergency. So should the state rules

be reinstated? You can tell us what you think at 866-733-6-7-86. Again, 866-7-3-6-7-86. And Paul

Rogers joins me now. Hi, Paul. Good morning. Thanks for coming on. I should remind our listeners

of a couple of the other rules that you reminded me of

that hotels had to put up signs telling customers they could choose not to have their sheets

and towels washed every day.

Ornamental fountains were prohibited unless they recycled water and cities couldn't water

grass on street medians.

So can you remind us, Paul, why these rules were put in in the first place and why they were listed?

Yes.

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