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Officials in California, now in its third year of drought that scientists have linked to climate change, have issued unprecedented water restrictions for millions of residents.
Desperate times call for desperate measures as Southern California faces the driest conditions in 1,200 years. "This is a crisis," Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General ...
“It is well known that water in California is a complicated, thorny issue,” reads the plan. “As California’s climate gets hotter and its weather more extreme, water issues could become ...
All properties that are owned by the California Department of General Services will be required to transition to recycled water starting Jan. 1, 2027, according to the California State Legislature.
The nation's largest water supplier has declared a drought emergency for all of Southern California, clearing the way for potential mandatory water restrictions early next year that could impact ...
Lack of water due to low snowpack prompted Californian governor Jerry Brown to order a series of stringent mandatory water restrictions on April 1, 2015. [29] Brown ordered cities and towns to reduce their water usage by 25%, which would amount in 1.5 million acre-feet of water in the nine months following the mandate in April.
AB 1739 gives the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) or a groundwater sustainability agency (GSA) the authority to establish fees (detailed in SB 1168) and offer support to "entities that extract or use groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater resources". GSAs are locally controlled organizations in ...
Under the new rules, the city of Sacramento would have to cut its overall water use by 9% by 2035 and 14% by 2040, far less than an initial proposal that would have required it to cut back water ...