According to the Los Angeles Times, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Hart are among hundreds of residents of an exclusive area of Los Angeles issued with warnings about water use during a “severe” drought emergency.
The celebrities are among the more than 2,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley enclaves of Calabasas and Hidden Hills issued with “overrun notices” by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD), the paper reported.
It comes after the agency declared a drought emergency in late 2021 and further increased restrictions in June of this year.
Kourtney Kardashian (pictured with husband Travis Barker) is also rumored to have used excess water
The alerts suggest customers including the Kardashian sisters, Stallion And Hart have used more than 150 percent of their monthly water budgets at least four times since then, according to the LA Times, which obtained documents sent to residents in May and June after filing a request under the California Public Records Act.
Residents who overuse are subject to penalties, the LVMWD warned in a tweet in early August. Properties subject to warnings may have flow limiting devices installed.
Former US basketball player Dwyane Wade and actress wife Gabrielle Union are also among the residents who have been contacted, as well as attorneys, doctors and Hollywood executives.
“Customers are required to adhere to the water use reductions and water conservation measures in place due to this emergency,” read the notices.
Drought in the western United States produced the region’s driest two decades in at least 1,200 years, according to research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
On June 1, the Las Virgenes district launched the third phase of water restrictions – out of four phases in total, with the third labeled “severe” – limiting outdoor irrigation to one day per week.
According to the LA Times, the Stallone property was among those that used more than the budget allotted in May and June.
The man of action’s attorney, Marty Singer, is quoted in the report, stating that the numbers could “misrepresent and misrepresent the situation regarding the use of water on my client’s property.”
He continued: “They have more than 500 mature trees on the property, including countless fruit trees and pine trees. Without proper irrigation, they would most likely die. This could cause dead or damaged trees to fall on my client’s property or neighboring properties. “
Mr. Singer said Stallone has “dealt with the situation responsibly and proactively” by letting some herbs die and watering the areas with a drip irrigation system, and was also awaiting an inspection and further instructions on how to proceed as far as possible. it’s about mature trees.
“I am confident that all the larger properties in the area have similar problems,” the attorney’s statement added. “So I trust that my client will not be unjustly identified in the story because he is a famous person”.
Dwyane Wade, left, and Gabrielle Union pictured at the Met Gala in early 2022. Pic: AP / Evan Agostini
Former NBA star Wade also reportedly responded to the report, attributing excessive water use to a problem with their pool. He and the Union said they had “taken drastic measures to reduce water consumption in accordance with the new city guidelines and since we moved to our home” and were “doing everything possible to correct the situation” .
In early August, the California grid operator also urged the state’s 40 million people to reduce their use of electricity.
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Sky News reached out to reps for Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart and Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union for comment.
