While waiting for precise water restrictions to be implemented on Culver City residents and businesses, Public Works Director Charles Herbertson offers a hip pocket’s worth of conservation tips to remember.
Outdoor watering (two days a week) never should last longer than 15 minutes, in his view.
“Don’t water excessively so that it runs off,” Mr. Herbertson says.
“Let’s talk about some simple things. If you are washing your car, don’t do it with a hose. In the old days, people would turn on a hose and just let it run while washing a car.
“A hose should have a nozzle with a shutoff on it. You can’t just do it the old way and waste water.
“Hotels should allow their patrons to reject daily linen and towel laundering.
“At a restaurant, you should have to ask for water. They shouldn’t be just giving it to you automatically unless you ask for it,” Mr. Herbertson said.
“A lot of times when people are served water without having asked for it, the glass is left untouched. It ends up being dumped in the sink.
“No washing of hard surfaces except with low flow water use methods or for sanitary purposes.”
Although Mr. Herbertson earlier alluded to limiting outdoor watering to two days a week (between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m.), he said that forthcoming rule will not be enforced until after the City Council approves a new set of restrictions, known as Level 2, presumably at Monday’s 7 o’clock meeting.
