Restaurants do their part to conserve water
By Bethany Clough, Fresno Bee
The California Restaurant Association urged restaurants Wednesday to conserve water as the state deals with a historic drought, including only serving water to customers upon their request.
Local association representatives say there’s even more that restaurants can do, despite an existing emphasis on water conservation learned in past droughts.
Many valley restaurants stopped serving glasses of water to customers unless they requested them years ago after drought put a spotlight on the practice. And although Fresno homeowners recently had water meters installed, restaurants have had them for as long as restaurateur Tom Ferdinandi can remember.
