Washington May Wipe Out Driveway Car Washing

The driveway carwash, a Saturday morning rite of suburbia since -- well, since there have been suburbs -- is under pressure from the state of Washington.

In a pollution-fighting effort already in place in some Puget Sound communities, the state wants most Clark County residents to drop the bucket and shelve the detergent. Why? Because the runoff contains soap, chemicals and oil, and it all ends up in streams, rivers and lakes.

The state has told the county, Vancouver and three other cities to come up with laws to control what water -- other than rain -- goes into storm drains.



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gooch - 9/19/2008 2:00:57 PM

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Well, there goes my four-wash per week habit.

Oh, wait, I don't live in Washington state!

M53R - 9/19/2008 3:41:00 PM

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Call me rich and spoilt, but my car is washed everyday! lol.

Tracenet - 9/19/2008 8:29:06 PM

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No need to worry if you know about this product/company. If WA state doesn't know then send them (senate, state congress) the info. 100% non-toxic ultimate biodegradeable.

Green Earth Technologies getg.com

Patronus - 9/19/2008 2:59:10 PM

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I do. More 'better living through liberals in power'.

Rupert - 9/20/2008 9:05:05 AM

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Please understand what liberal actually means. A liberal would never seek to limit this kind of activity.

PlanB - 9/19/2008 3:11:54 PM

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There legislation doesn't have any higher priorities than this?

350zdon17 - 9/19/2008 3:55:12 PM

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I would let her wash my car everyday

KZ258 - 9/19/2008 4:08:43 PM

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get rid of the bi*ch and give me the Z

E36er - 9/19/2008 4:56:45 PM

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somebody has yellow fever.

g2ok - 9/20/2008 3:40:29 AM

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Dumb legislation - great pic !

rocker - 9/20/2008 1:54:56 PM

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Tell them to watch "Cool Hand Luke". We take ours to Mexico to have them washed. Car - $7 & SUV - $10, inside and out.

sold2early - 9/22/2008 8:17:49 AM

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That's just great...next they'll be telling us it's illegal to park our car over a storm drain to change the oil.

snatchandgrab - 9/23/2008 5:03:08 PM

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We can barely do it here in Atlanta, but it's because of the drought.