Q&A
Regulations for businesses and individuals during drought conditions
1:02:10
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Council Member Salamanca inquires about specific regulations for businesses and individuals during drought conditions, particularly focusing on car washes and sidewalk cleaning practices that he observed during the recent drought.
- DEP's Deputy Commissioner explains that there are different levels of drought conditions: watch, warning, and emergency.
- During drought watch and warning phases, water conservation is encouraged but not mandatory for the general public.
- Mandatory restrictions, such as limitations on car washes and sidewalk cleaning, only come into effect during a drought emergency, which was not reached during the recent drought period.
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
1:02:10
I I appreciate that.
1:02:11
But my my question is more geared to there's a drought.
1:02:14
There were car washes.
1:02:16
And there were individuals out there, the supers, right, with their water hoses cleaning the sidewalks.
1:02:20
Sidewalks.
1:02:21
Does DEP are there any regulations that you could hold these businesses accountable when there's a drought?
Paul Rush
1:02:27
There there are regulations, and we were first in a drought watch, drought drought warning.
1:02:32
Now we're back in a drought watch, which is encouraging the public to conserve water.
1:02:38
When you go to the next step, a drought emergency, then there are regulations like the impact where spraying down the sidewalk, car washes, things like that become regulated and the restrictions become mandatory on the public.
1:02:52
In this phase, in a drought watch and drought emergency, the city does not have or, I'm sorry, drought watch or, Drought Warning.
1:03:01
The city does not have mandatory requirements for the general public.
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
1:03:08
Okay.
1:03:08
Alright.
1:03:08
Thank you.
1:03:09
Thank you, mister chair.
