Santa Catalina, the Island of Romance....and Drought

Soaking Up Catalina, Tourists Pose A Dilemma.  (The New York Times, 8/9/2014)

4,000 year-round residents,  1,000,000 visitors annually.  Signs in hotel rooms beg guests to keep showers brief. Some restaurants are beginning to serve food on paper plates to reduce dishwashing. When customers ask for water, they are offered bottled water for 50 cents. Hotels plan to start sending some of their sheets and towels to be laundered on the mainland, a huge expense.

"26 miles across the sea...."

  

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