- July 6, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Drought can be good for some businesses
Laundry facilities, plumbers and well diggers are some of the industries that can financially benefit from droughts.
“Our largest washing machine washes 80 pounds of laundry at one time. It uses 67 gallons of water to do this. To wash 80 pounds of laundry at home, it would require eight loads in the standard washing machine you would find in a typical suburban garage and this would use approximately 350 gallons of water,” explained Gaeton Tamo.
He and his sons, Mario and Dante, operate 14 coin laundries in Guerneville, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Napa, Oakland and Brentwood. Each facility has about 20 washing machines.
When people start looking at how to curtail water use at home, going to a laundromat can be a saver in water and time.
Herb McKay has been in the laundry business for 48 years, with storefronts in Vacaville, Winters, Woodland and Richmond.
“We have very…
