September 19, 2009
The Los Angeles Times quoted SPPD Senior Fellow Richard Little and Jean-Pierre Bardet of the USC Viterbi School about recent water main breaks around Los Angeles. Little and Bardet theorize that the city's watering restrictions, limiting watering to two specific days a week, may have something to do with the breaks. "As Sherlock Holmes used to say, when you eliminate everything, whatever is left is the reason... . If the pipe wasn't bad, and it [wasn't seismic activity] and it wasn't a funky contractor, well, what you've changed is this twice-a-week surge flow because of watering restrictions," said Little, director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy. Bardet began informally consulting with Department of Water and Power officials last week on the water main problem, the story reported. Bardet said that rationing should be examined, but questioned why other cities with similar programs haven't seen a surge in blowouts. Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV and ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV also covered the story.
The Los Angeles Times quoted SPPD Senior Fellow Richard Little and Jean-Pierre Bardet of the USC Viterbi School about recent water main breaks around Los Angeles. Little and Bardet theorize that the city's watering restrictions, limiting watering to two specific days a week, may have something to do with the breaks. "As Sherlock Holmes used to say, when you eliminate everything, whatever is left is the reason... . If the pipe wasn't bad, and it [wasn't seismic activity] and it wasn't a funky contractor, well, what you've changed is this twice-a-week surge flow because of watering restrictions," said Little, director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy. Bardet began informally consulting with Department of Water and Power officials last week on the water main problem, the story reported. Bardet said that rationing should be examined, but questioned why other cities with similar programs haven't seen a surge in blowouts. Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV and ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV also covered the story.