I'm sure there are but I don't live in a county that has enacted those rules. My county only says you have to have a nozzle on the hose so as to not have the water running down the drain the entire time you wash your car. Seems like a pretty fair rule to me.

The mindset of I can use all the water I want as long as I pay for it is fairly shortsighted in my opinion. Especially in a location with such bad drought issues. There were/are municipalities that nearly are out of water for drinking. To "waste" it to keep your car clean because you paid for it would be a dick move in my opinion.

Yah, this isn't good news because it can be used to spin a narrative saying that we don't need to worry anymore about water issues in the west

i would also like to hear the answer to this

Yeah, probably for 3-5 years minimum.

Even at its best, most of California is an arid climate, so some degree of drought is pretty standard and really isn’t a problem or concern.

Im not sure. These storms are huge though. If a 100 mile wide storm hits and you wouldn’t have the time or resources.

That’s what reservoirs are for, so to some extent, yes.

As the article states: no.

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Climate: "Look, people, we don't want no trouble. There's no water here so you should just leave.

People: "Fuck off we're stayin!"

Climate: (Grabs baseball bat...)"Now youse can't leave."

I got a good laugh out of it

This might be really stupid but are there tools like oil drills that can bore holes through dry ground before storms so water can percolate more easily? Is there a reason why doing this large scale would be a bad idea

This. Agricultural and industrial use is monumental compared to residential.

Have the storms been in a location that will help Lake Mead?

Isn’t it centuries/millennia?

Yeah according to the article the entire state is still in massive & extreme drought. It's just not in the absolute worst category anymore

It was a beautiful balancing act. His performance made hers better, and vice versa. There's a reason they both keep winning.

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Is there a way to store the excessive rain water and snow pack for later use?

Exiting "worst drought categories " does not mean exiting drought. Please do not assume California is okay because it's isn't in "extreme drought" now

Has anyone ever been fined for washing their car in their driveway? I'm on private property. Seems tough to fine me for using water I paid for.

That would require environmentalists to allow California to build proper water infrastructure and capital improvements in the form of more and better dams. instead of using their control over the Legislature to browbeat the populace for any water usage and put farmers out of business.

We will starve without almonds

Unfortunately, California's abject failure to build more dams or invest in proper hydrological engineering means reservoir capacity is woefully insufficient to extend the use of the water we have for the next dry spell.