“This is jaw-dropping, what s happening in the West Coast of the United States, Newsom said Thursday during a news conference at Lopez Lake, a reservoir in San Luis Obispo County formed by a dam on the Arroyo Grande Creek that is at 34% capacity.
A historic drought tied to climate change is gripping the U.S. West and comes just a few years after California declared its last dry spell over in 2016. The earlier drought in California depleted groundwater supplies and changed how people use water, with many people and businesses ripping out landscaping and replacing it with more drought-tolerant plants.
THIS JUST IN … As drought conditions intensify, Governor Newsom issues Executive Order, calling on Californians to take simple actions to conserve water
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Jul 8, 2021 7:05 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.
The water conservation is not mandatory, but it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and fall and is tied to more intense wildfires and heat waves. Temperatures in parts of the region are spiking again this week but are less extreme than the record heat wave that may have caused hundreds of deaths in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia in late June.
Californians Asked To Voluntarily Cut Water Usage Amid Historic Drought
Gov. Gavin Newsom asked people in California to cut their water usage by 15% as reservoirs hit dangerously low levels.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked people and businesses in the nation’s most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% as the Western United States weathers a drought that is rapidly emptying reservoirs relied on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat.
The water conservation is not mandatory, but it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and fall and is tied to more intense wildfires and heat waves. Temperatures in parts of the region are spiking again this week but are less extreme than the record heat wave that may have caused hundreds of deaths in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia in late June.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a news conference at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., on June 15, 2021, as part of California s full reopening. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Newsom asks all Californians to voluntarily reduce water usage by 15% amid drought
SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to voluntarily cut back on household water consumption by 15% compared to last year as drought conditions worsen and temperatures continue to rise across the state and the western United States.
The governor on Thursday also expanded his regional drought state of emergency to apply to 50 California counties, or roughly 42% of the state population.
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