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cursed suburb with artificial lakes so everyone can say they have waterfront property in the middle of a desert (thelemmy.club)

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arrowhead """lakes""" in phoenix, az

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[-] soyaboya@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 day ago

I didn't look into this specific place but I imagine those plus -- cars -- are enough to kill animals as small as fish. Non-gas (liquid and solid) pollution as I like to call them, from autos are plenty. Tire wear particles, random metal debris from chasis and drive-chain, fuel, oil, grease, coolant leaks, brake dust, exhaust soot, there's a whole bunch of shit coming out of them than just CO2. Truely an evil technology.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

cars [...] non-gas pollution

The HOA's Architectural Guidelines confirms:

screenshot of text "Water discharged from the pool, spa or hot tub cannot be backwashed into the lake, street, or golf course (streets drain into the lake). Pools and spas must be drained into the sewer cleanout. See City of Glendale Code Section 25-24e and 30-4 for regulations on backwashing." with "streets drain into the lake" highlighted

Also, as explained in the HOA rules i linked in my other comment, people can't swim in the lake (or eat the fish they stock it with; it's strictly catch-and-release fishing) because it's filled with reclaimed wastewater.