Washing the streets

Israel
September 24, 2025 11:57pm CST
When we have such a water problem all over the world. Many people don't have access to fresh drinking water. Why are many cities now washing the streets and sidewalks every day? There is a man who walks the sidewalks with a truck next to him, they go through all the main streets of the neighborhood. . . I see this when I am out walking the dog. A friend tells me that even in a city that is in the desert they do this? Is there another way to clean the streets and sidewalks?
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@LadyDuck (485182)
• Italy
25 Sep
They use a small electric truck that clean the roads here, using a very little water. When we lived in Monte Carlo they washed the streets every day with a hose, wasting plenty of water.
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• Israel
25 Sep
Yeah, they waste lots of water everyday. I wish that they could use a truck like that. Can you post a picture?
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@LadyDuck (485182)
• Italy
25 Sep
@lifecoachjerusalem Those are the streets cleaner used here. They have a container of water, they spray only where it's needed.
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• Israel
25 Sep
@LadyDuck Wow, that looks like what I used to see in Los Angeles. They had certain days that you couldn't park on the street so that they could do a better job in the gutters.
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@Rimps85 (2816)
• India
25 Sep
I dont think the water used to wash streets are at all drinkable, their hardness is much higher than drinking water...so, in that case use of one shouldn't bother crisis of other, unless you have financial backing to treat water hardness
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@jstory07 (146106)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Sep
There is no other way that I know of.
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