Health department says water is not safe to drink,

[Yankee Chronicler]

• California may require a building to install conduits and breaker space for future EV chargers, even if there is no plan to install a charger in the present.

My clever state now requires new public buildings to provide a proportion (based on the total number of parking spaces) of spaces with "infrastructure" for future EV charging stations. The statute doesn't define what "infrastructure" means. Is it just a couple of additional circuit breakers and ensuring that the service can handle the additional load, or does that also mean running a conduit and pull tape to each future charging station location? Nobody knows. I generally hold out for the conduit, but I don't know what would happen if someone were to challenge it.

 

[Yikes]

If the business lacks potable water, it cannot lawfully remain open. It must either connect to a public supply, install an approved treatment system certified by the health department, or remain closed until the water is proven safe for human use. Some of you are missing the bigger picture.

Rumor has it that a government run 24/7 living facility in north of LA city limits has not had potable water in their plumbing system for years, as it tests too high for certain chemicals. They could never get capital improvements funding approval to repair the water supply system, but they have operations budget approval to supply every occupant with bottled water, which of course costs dramatically more than just fixing the system.

 

[Inspector Gadget]

Rumor has it that a government run 24/7 living facility in north of LA city limits has not had potable water in their plumbing system for years, as it tests too high for certain chemicals. They could never get capital improvements funding approval to repair the water supply system, but they have operations budget approval to supply every occupant with bottled water, which of course costs dramatically more than just fixing the system.

This is just so *government*
I swear, half the officials in government can't do basic math.

The classic example from my area was from a buncha years ago. A big highway project was well underway, and the contractor offered to do all the preparatory work - grading and fill - for an artificial turf field at the high school - a good $250k of work at the time. The municipality could have had the turf field in place for a $300,000 investment with provincial/federal matching grants.

The municipality turned down the deal, saying it was "too expensive" to come up with $300,000k.

The cost of mowing and maintaining the swampy, clay-based, pothole-ridden pile of crap they call a field, at the time, amounted to $30,000/year.

The intelligent among you will recognize that you don't have to mow, fertilize, seed, re-seed, or irrigate a turf field. The turf field would have *saved* $30k/year.

They're still moving and fixing that expanse of garbage 15 years later. At now more than $30,000/year.

Government math.