The pool had to be drained before the shoot because it was leaking 5000 gallons of water each day.
However, once Gaga had finished filming, the water — earmarked to be re-used for on-site irrigation at the state park — was discovered to be unusable, a source who works at the Castle told Radar.
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“The water had to be chlorinated because Gaga got into the pool with synchronized swimmers,” :rotfl: the insider, who asked not to be identified, said.
“Since the water was chlorinated, it couldn’t be used for any of the irrigation or landscaping at the Castle. The water was simply drained and disposed of.
“It was a huge waste of water which is such a precious resource in California at the moment because of the draught.”
This at a time when California is in a historic drought.
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“It’s extremely hypocritical for Gaga to be filming PSA’s telling Californian’s how to save water, when she just wasted so much of it!”
Richard Stapler, the Deputy Secretary for Communications for the California Natural Resources Agency, called the Radar story "wildly misleading at best."
"Because the water from the Neptune pool comes from a treated reservoir, it is chlorinated at very low levels that meet health standards for drinking water," Stapler wrote in an email. "This means that for the video shoot, the water was able to be used for irrigation immediately afterward, and no water was wasted.
Gaga paid for the use of the water and donated $250,000 to Hearst Castle for maintenance.
