Hearing, vote on Pomona water regulations set for Monday

POMONA - A proposed ordinance that would update the city's water conservation regulations will go before city leaders Monday.

At their May 4 meeting, council members opened a public hearing but opted to continue the item to Monday's meeting and take testimony at that time.

If approved, a series of water conservation requirements would become permanent.

Here is a partial list of proposed requirements:

- No watering from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. except if it is done by hand.

- Washing down hard or paved surfaces would be banned. The exception would be if washing down surfaces is for health and safety reasons.

- Running irrigation systems would be limit to 15 minutes.

- Car wash establishments would be barred from installing non-recirculating car wash systems. Such businesses would have until 2011 to retrofit systems.

- Guests at hotels would have the option of forgo having their linens laundered on a daily basis.