California Imposed Mandatory Water Restrictions
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
California Governor Jerry Brown just announced the first-ever mandatory water restrictions as the state's brutal four-year drought continues
The State Water Resources Control Board will force cities and townsto reduce their water usageby 25 percent in the coming year.
But there's a key caveat: This rationing won't apply to agriculture, which usesfour times as much wateras California's urban areas.* Throughout this drought, farmers have been pumping up lots of scarce groundwater, but restrictions on thatwon't take effect until 2020 or later.
The state will also order golf courses to use less water, replace 50 million square feet of lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping, and offer rebates for consumers to buy more water-efficient appliances.
California has been slow to resort to mandatory rationing — but its drought shows no signs of abating. Snowpack in the mountains, which typically provides water in the spring, isat just 6 percentof historic levels.
Source: Vox
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