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Talking About the Car Wash

Charles Oliver | 11.7.2013 6:00 AM

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In California, Lincoln High School cheerleaders had planned to hold a car wash fundraiser until the San Jose Environmental Services Department stepped in. City officials say all such car washes violate water discharge laws, which bar anything other than rainwater from flowing into storm drains.

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