A few more restrictions in Cobb County
Along with the new $50-$100 rebates on low-flow toilets, Cobb County passed a few other new rules last night.
- Car dealers will no longer be allowed to wash vehicles on-site unless they have a system that uses recycled water. Of course, having a dirty car can be seen as a badge of honor around here lately.
- Pressure washing for “beautification purposes” and for parking lots is now forbidden. However, it is still allowed if needed for health or safety reasons.
- Landscapers are now given 15 days (instead of 30) to water new plants.
Those all seem like very reasonable moves. I still fear for landscapers in the next few months, but this seems like a good compromise and a way to avoid the flip-flopping that they’ve had in Alpharetta.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I have a few friends who were until recently employed at car dealerships as car detailers. Due to the water restrictions and drought, they are now unemployed. I know this is true at about 4 dealerships because they don’t have a water recycling system. It’s sad and I wish so many people weren’t stuck looking for jobs…the ones that some of them qualify for are the jobs hindered most with the water restrictions.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
This is one of the hard things about the drought, and I still don’t know which side I’m on. On one hand, I hate to see anyone lose their jobs. On the other hand, I think all of that kind of watering (car washes, professional landscaping, etc) should be completely banned in all of north Georgia.
I’ve heard good arguments for both sides and I just don’t know which side I’m on anymore.
The right answer will only come after it’s all done. We’ll either say:
1 - “We got all of this rain and we’re fine. We could have gotten by without cutting those jobs.” Or…
2 - “We’re completely out of water now. Why on earth did we let the car washes keep operating for so long?”