Californians urged to conserve water after dry winter
Citing meager winter rainfall and snow, California officials are urging residents to conserve water as the state contends with a third year of severe drought.
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Citing meager winter rainfall and snow, California officials are urging residents to conserve water as the state contends with a third year of severe drought.
California demonstrates the necessity of having sustainable groundwater for human use and agriculture and may offer lessons to other western states.
MONTEREY, Calif. — The golden hills of California have turned green in recent weeks after a series of storms delivered much-needed rain and snow to a state suffering from two years of drought.
Despite heavy precipitation across the state recently, many experts are still advising water conservation in preparation for drier seasons to come. The past water year was the state’s driest in a century.
Many ambitious and sometimes wacky plans to bring more water to California have been...