“We’re more of a teaching tool than we are a kind of enforcement,” says Fernando Gonzalez who works as a water operator in California. (via CNBCMakeIt)
. "It really brought to light the scarcity of the water here in Southern California," he says. "I found out the water comes from Northern California, and we don't actually store any water here in the south. So that made it real on the water conservation effort."
Gonzalez enjoys the variety of his work. Depending on his assignments for the day, he could be doing meter readings digging to install new plumbing or interacting with customers. And violations can bring up uncomfortable conversations with homeowners who worry that if they don't water their lawns, their plants will die, and their property value could drop.
Properties that go over their water allotment too many times have a flow restrictor installed, which is a washer with a 1/16-inch hole in the center that allows just under two gallons of water to flow per minute.
Overall, "one of the biggest rewards for me is still the customer service aspect of it, of helping the community with what I do," he says.Gonzalez also works on the Pure Water Project, an initiative that uses emerging technologies to treat recycled water for irrigation. The ultimate goal is to bring the treated water up to safe drinking standards one day.
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