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City of Ventura challenges residents to stop washing their cars
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Jul 30, 2014
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City of Ventura challenges residents to stop washing their cars
Officials in the city of Ventura, California think residents can and should go even further to conserve water by not washing their cars for an entire month.
Workers at Santa Monica Car Wash put the finishing touches on a car on Monday, May 21.
Workers at Santa Monica Car Wash put the finishing touches on a car on Monday, May 21.
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Don't wash your car month in Ventura, California.
Don't wash your car month in Ventura, California.
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Officials in the city of Ventura, California think residents can and should go even further to conserve water by not washing their cars for an entire month.

Especially in light of the UCLA water main break, it's now more important than ever to save water in Southern California.

As of yesterday, it is now illegal for anyone in the state to hose down a driveway or a sidewalk. You also can't allow landscape irrigation to flood off your property.

But officials in the city of Ventura, California think residents can and should go even further to conserve water. Here with more on the Don't Wash Your Car challenge is Ventura Water's general manager, Shana Epstein.