No, it is not illegal to shower and do laundry in one day

A new fury is circulating on social media over two water conservation laws signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown.

The legislation imposes new restrictions on water use as California recovers from a historic five-year drought that ended in April 2017. But several reports inaccurately stated that the laws would punish state residents who use too much water in their everyday routine.

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“New law makes it illegal to shower and do laundry on same day,” said a June 5, 2018, headline from the Federalist Papers Project, a conservative website that has peddled falsehoods before.

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