This Fourth of July holiday weekend, law enforcement in Oakland County will step up patrols on the lakes. It's part of a nationwide campaign called Operation Dry Water aimed at reducing impaired driving incidents. [1] This initiative follows similar efforts by El Paso Police and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers who conducted extra patrols over the long July Fourth holiday weekend to crack down on drunk driving. [2] Meanwhile, in Nashville, Tennessee, law enforcement will join a national effort to patrol local waterways for impaired boaters as they celebrate the Fourth of July. Operation Dry Water is expected to begin Friday. [4] In Newport Beach, California, city officials are looking into ways to prevent future holiday disturbances after an unruly Fourth of July weekend that saw hundreds of arrests.