Ban power washers for residential use
[Submitted via email by Patrice Allen]
"Ban power washers for residential use, and monitor their use or find alternatives for commercial use. At present they are noisy, gas-sucking or power sucking annoyances that waste tons of water while owners wash their trucks, their driveways and their dogs. It stuns me. I have sat outside of a Safeway store at the tables provided and watched while two men have power washed a concrete planter and a small portion of sidewalk, for HOURS, using TONS of water and power. Why, in Rain City, do we have to powerwash everything that is exposed to the outdoors?"
AdminGreenest City Planning Team
(Admin, CG2020)
shared this idea
An outright ban on power/pressure washers is not part of the Draft Greenest City Action Plan, but education about appropriate uses and alternatives to their use is part fo the plan.
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Drive More
commented
Power washers actually use less water because they can clean more efficiently using high pressure (> 2000 PSI). It is better than cleaning using a nozzle on a water hose. Plus power washers have special attachments to make cleaning jobs go even faster.