As California endures its fourth year of drought, San Mateo County Health System officials are encouraging residents to get their cars cleaned at a professional car wash instead of doing it themselves at home with a garden hose because the car wash uses recycled water and an average of 90 litres or less per wash versus up to 680 litres for a home wash. Photo: AFP
Glimpses of California’s water future: a sprawl of sewage treatment plants, recharge basins and desalination facilities, stretching out across an industrial backlot near Rancho Cucamonga.
A collection of slender, solar-powered telemetry towers rising from an almond orchard in the San Joaquin Valley to bring high-tech efficiency to irrigation. And, at a university research station near Irvine, three Potemkin Village-like suburban houses in a row, offering a new vision of the traditional lawn.
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