Drought Brings Out Water Spies
Few residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey have read — or can understand ? the new water restrictions and few authorities are enforcing them. So in communities across the region, sprinkler spies are ratting out their neighbors.
Officials in 14 area communities, including Philadelphia, say they have not issued any tickets for violating water restrictions. Some say they?ve issued verbal warnings. Some say it?s too early for much lawn watering. Others say that although they welcome information from neighbors, the tips don?t always pan out. “You have to be careful, because people sometimes have vendettas against each other,” says Maryann Paradise, public-education officer for the Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority.
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