I have an op - ed in CNN today on the significance of
the California water restrictions just announced last week.
Not exact matches
California Drought
Restrictions Lifted in Russian River Area:
California regulators have ended mandatory
water cutbacks along tributaries of the Russian River, but will continue to require property owners to report how much
water they use...
Still,
California is increasingly adopting policies that were not on the table previously — from so - called «toilet - to - tap»
water to mandatory statewide
water restrictions.
In April, the governor issued the first mandatory statewide
water use
restrictions in
California history, after snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains — which provide 60 percent of the state's
water — fell to the lowest levels ever recorded.
Decreasing demand The drought in
California has become so dire that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) recently announced the first mandatory
water restrictions affecting cities and towns in the state's history.
Gov. Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating, multiyear drought, has ordered
California's first statewide mandatory
water restrictions
The drought in
California has become so dire that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) recently announced the first mandatory
water restrictions affecting cities and towns in the state's history.
Governor Jerry Brown had to institute
California's first - ever statewide mandatory
water restrictions, as the state has entered its fourth year of severe drought.
March 30, 2017 •
California is expected to begin easing sweeping
water use and drought
restrictions after an extraordinary winter of storms.
California is facing its fourth consecutive year of drought, and the state is tightening
water restrictions.
Conditions are so dire that
California Governor Jerry Brown announced on Wednesday the first - ever statewide mandated
water restrictions, aiming to achieve a 25 % cut in
water use across the state.
California's getting desperate: Unprecedented
water restrictions target previously immune farmers
It will take years of above - average rainfall to recover, and dramatic
restrictions on
water usage to maintain
California's economy.
People who violate mandatory
water restrictions in
California, for example, get fined upwards of $ 1000 for every violation.