Water shut-offs have now begun in California, where government-ordered restrictions are starting to leave large communities high and dry. As CBS News is now reporting, the Mountain House community of 15,000 residents will run out of water in just a matter of days. “The community’s sole source of water, the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, was one of 114 senior water rights holders cut off …
Rich Californians balk at limits: ‘We’re not all equal when it comes to water’ By Rob Kuznia
Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water. People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on brown courses or apologize for wanting their gardens to be beautiful,” Yuhas fumed recently …