California: several celebrities pinned for their overconsumption of water during drought period

Stars like Kim Kardashian and Sylvester Stallone have received warnings from the authorities for non-compliance with restrictions on water consumption imposed in this American Western State.

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Due to a strong drought that rages in the West of the United States, water consumption restrictions are in place in several regions of southern California. But more than 2,000 residents of the opulent neighborhoods of Calabasas and Hidden Hills, areas near Los Angeles known for their green lawns and their giant swimming pools, continue to exceed the authorized limit. And sometimes from afar.

Several celebrities received warnings, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday August 22. Kim Kardashian, just like his sister Kourtney, both stars of reality TV, were plugged several times in June, According to the daily life that cites official documents .

A house in Hidden Hills and adjacent land belonging to a Trust linked to Kim Kardashian have exceeded the amount of water allocated to them by almost 880,000 liters in total. A house belonging to Kourtney Kardashian in Calabasas was exceeding almost 380,000 liters.

The residence of Sylvester Stallone in Hidden Hills exceeded its quota for June of 870,000 liters, or 533 % more than the ceiling. The lawyer for the American actor said on a daily basis that his article was likely to give “a false image of the situation” in a property housing around 500 adult trees, saying that his customers had “preventively” installed a system of Irrigation drip and let certain lawns die.

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The offenders are first inflicting fines of several hundred dollars, but recalcitrant and repeat owners – often rich – can see their water reduced to a net. The authorities of the Municipal Water District of Las Virgenes, which covers Calabasas and Hidden Hills, have already installed speed restriction devices over twenty main priests of properties, reported the newspaper.

The spokesperson for Las Virgenes, Mike McNutt, said that celebrities show the example in terms of compliance with the rules. “People listen to you, look at you, attach importance to what you do,” he said.

More and more residents in southern California are replacing their lawns, gourmet in water, with plants from the region and more resistant.

Faced with more than two decades of a devastating drought aggravated by climate change, the State of California has announced a new strategy to collect, treat and draw much more water.

/Media reports.