[njovin]

And we're still selling what little water we have to foreign & domestic corporations for a fraction of what residential citizens pay.

We are also refusing to maintain critical water-system infrastructure, setting ourselves up to lose critical water storage capacity [1].

We can get fined for washing our cars at certain times (although it's rarely enforced), but nobody ever turns the screws on the business machine.

[1] https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/north-county/plan-f...

[lokar]

This is because of the water rights system in the west. Water belongs to the first entity to have used it over a 150 years ago. Municipal water agencies have to buy at market rates.