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As West Evaporates, Experts Plot Ways to Help Businesses Save Water

/in , , /by /Courthouse News Serviceby Kevin Winter

As models predict another La Niña for the coming winter, which could lead to another dry year, leaders of water agencies and other groups from across California and the western United States met Tuesday to discuss how best to get commerce and industry to use less water.

While residential water use has declined, commercial and industrial users need retrofits, new equipment and new ways of doing business when it comes how much liquid “gold” they consume.

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SCV Water Reminds Building Owners To Flush Water Systems Before Reopening

/in , , /by /KHTS Hometown Station

As businesses start operations after the “Safer at Home” order, the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency is reminding all building owners and managers of the importance of maintaining good water quality by flushing your water system before reopening, officials said Monday.

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With Water Crisis Over, Poway Businesses Regroup

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones

Restaurants in Poway reopened Saturday morning after six days of darkness, with owners and employees happy to be back at work, but upset about the costly interruption to their businesses and lives.
A week ago, restaurants, bars and other businesses that handled food — about 190 in all — were ordered to close by the county’s health department after the state issued a boil-water advisory for the entire city.

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