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<br />. <br /> <br />before they will be approved.7 (See Exhibits 6 and 7 for Santa <br />Barbara and Orange counties landscape guidelines). The city of <br />Claremont is replanting all its medians with drought resistant <br />plants and sponsors a water conservation week. Santa Cruz also <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />has extensive regulations concerning exterior water use. <br />Exhibit 8). <br /> <br />(See <br /> <br />Businesses have also become involved in <br /> <br /> <br />conservation. Mission Viejo Corporation has hired a water <br /> <br /> <br />resource management administrator and set up guidelines for <br /> <br /> <br />landscape contractors to reduce water use, including requiring a <br /> <br /> <br />gray water system in conjunction with a regular domestic water <br /> <br /> <br />system. If the contractor violates any of the guidelines, he <br /> <br /> <br />must justify them to the company.8 Landscape irrigation is the <br /> <br /> <br />heaviest in peak summer months. Most water systems are geared to <br /> <br /> <br />that period. If the need for water can be cut during the summer, <br /> <br /> <br />then water systems can be built to operate on a smaller scale <br /> <br /> <br />than they are presently. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />C. commercial and Industrial Use <br /> <br /> <br />Water use by commercial and industrial interests <br /> <br /> <br />has dropped drastically since the enactment of the Federal Water <br /> <br /> <br />Pollution Control Act. With this incentive, there seems not to <br /> <br /> <br />have been as great a need for the state government to deal with <br /> <br /> <br />these interests. Meter loan programs are available to businesses <br /> <br /> <br />making it possible to check their water systems to pinpoint <br /> <br /> <br />problems and increase overall efficiency. The Los Angeles <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Water and Power uses meter loans as part of its <br /> <br />I: <br /> <br />-4- <br />