‘The drought in California has caused 45 water agencies in the state to enforce mandatory limits on water use.

Citizens are encouraged to turn in neighbors who are suspected of wasting H2O to water-waste patrols.

These water patrols teach people to avoid wasting water on driveways, lawns and swimming pools, but can also cite residents for repeated violations.

“We do have the stick if people don’t get it,” Kim Loeb, a Visalia, Calif. natural resource conservation manager, told the Associated Press.’

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