Another environmental scandal. Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and more celebrities were accused of violating California’s rules on water usage during a drought.The Skims founder, 41, and her older sister, 43, were among more than 2,000 customers who were recently sent “notices of exceedance” by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times published on Monday, August 22.
The notices indicate that those customers used 150 percent or more of their monthly water budgets at least four times since the district declared a drought emergency in late 2021.In addition to the two eldest Kardashian sisters, famous celebs who reportedly received the notices include Dwyane Wade, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Hart.
The district can now install flow restrictor devices — which can halt sprinklers and decrease water pressure in showers — on the properties that received the notices.On June 1, the Las Virgenes district imposed “Stage 3” restrictions in an attempt to reduce water use by 50 percent.
Those rules limit outdoor watering of lawns and plants to one day per week, with only eight minutes of use per station on the chosen day.Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California imposed its strictest-ever restrictions amid the state’s driest period on record.
Read more on usmagazine.com