LOS ANGELES, (HRNW) – Damon Ayala patrols the streets of drought-stricken Los Angeles every day, inspecting the sidewalks. Each time he sees a puddle, he stops.
He is part of the city’s Department of Water and Power team, which looks into hundreds of community complaints filed by neighbors each week about water waste.
“It’s not extreme, but it’s something that we want them to take a look at,” he says of one pool of water.
“Looks like they have drip irrigation on this side. So there might be just a broken connector.”
Ayala’s patrol comes as California and the western United States are in the grip of a severe, years-long drought.
Scientists say global warming driven by human activity, including the unchecked burning of fossil fuels, is creating a greater number of extreme events.
With reservoirs and rivers at historic lows, Los Angeles authorities have brought in water restrictions, such as limiting lawn irrigation to as little as eight minutes, twice per week.
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