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Water police on patrol
Take a ride with Richard Pate, the backflow prevention supervisor for Gwinnett County, as he checks for those people in Gwinnett who either don't know or don't care about the state-issued watering ban.
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Richard Pate, the backflow prevention supervisor for Gwinnett County, waits for a resident of a home in the Knollwood Lakes subdivision to answer the door so he can deliver a written warning for the use of water on a lawn - a violation of the current outdoor water usage ban.
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