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Meanwhile, the city employs rigorous conservation policies: restrictions on grass in new developments, subsidies for replacing turf with drought-tolerant landscaping, and golf courses equipped with GPS trackers that help optimize water use. Municipal water inspectors, dubbed “water cops,” patrol neighborhoods, issuing citations for violations such as watering on prohibited days. Additionally, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) allows real-time monitoring of water use and leak detection in hundreds of thousands of homes, reducing waste and identifying invisible leaks.