Georgia Government Busted Wasting Water

Below is the video from an interesting investigation by our affiliate ActionNews 2 WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia (Reporter: Jodie Fleischer). It seems that the street sweepers in the city are still using quite a bit of water to clean not only the brushes, but the whole trucks, despite a city-wide ban on washing vehicles due to the drought. The city's response was that cleaning the brushes with a high-pressure stream is required by health laws.

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CAPTION: OUR HIDDEN CAMERA CAPTURED THE DIRTY DEED. CITY TRUCKS DRIPPING WITH EVIDENCE. ELEVEN STREET SWEEPERS A DAY... CLEANING THEIR BRUSHES IN CITY HYDRANTS. ONE GUY EVEN TOOK TIME TO BUFF THE CHROME BUMPER. AND THIS LADY SPENT ABOUT 20 MINUTES... WITH THE WATER RUNNING CONSTANTLY. BUT TRUCK... AFTER TRUCK... AFTER TRUCK... KEPT ROLLING UP. EVEN AFTER WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.

SO WE SHARED OUR VIDEO WITH ATLANTA'S PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER... WHO SAYS THE CITY HAS STOPPED WASHING IT'S OTHER LARGE VEHICLES. BUT HE SAYS STREET SWEEPERS HAVE TO WASH THE BRISTLES DAILY.