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Elizabeth Olide: Cut down use of sprinklers, save that precious water

As we all know, California is currently in a drought and due to this people need to start making smarter use of water. Every day I pass a dozen houses that have sprinklers on with the water going off their laws into the sewers. This is wasting fresh water and decreasing the amount we have saved to serve part of California. People need to start making smarter choices by reducing water days from three to two days and influencing others to do the same. Water is precious right now and we need every drop.

Elizabeth Olide, Ceres

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 6:05 PM with the headline "Elizabeth Olide: Cut down use of sprinklers, save that precious water."

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