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Drought. >> reporter: after a customer uses more than 150% of their water allocation four times, they'll be in line to get a simple but effective flow restrictor installed. >> this particular restrictor will get around one gallon a minute. >> what do you normally work? >> your sink and shower works okay, your irrigation will not work. >> reporter: here is water flowing normally. and here it is with the restrictor. >> it is not meant to be punitive. it is meant to tell people, this drought is incredibly serious and when he what we need you to do is do your part. >> we have yet to hear back from...

Water allocation four times, they will be in line to get a simple but effective flow restrictor installed. >> this particular restrictor will give you around one gallon a minute. >> what do people normally get. >> normally 25 to 30 gallons a minute. with the restrictor in your sink works fine, your shower works okay, your irrigation will not work. >> reporter: here is water flowing normally and here it is with the restrictor. >> it's not meant to be punitive, it's meant to tell people this drought is incredibly serious and what we need you to do is do your part. >> reporter: cnn reached out to...

The u.s. as the region grows more desperate for rain. officials are calling on people to reduce water usage so resource don't run dry. it is a stark contrast to parts of the southwest where repeated rounds of monsoon rainfall could cause more flash flooding today. some places could see up to seven inches of rain. take a look at this video capturing the moment a small plane crashed onto a busy road in orlando yesterday. officials say a mechanical failure caused that plane to go down. and fortunately, no one was hurt. developing news on the mar-a-lago front, new alarm from the department of just...

>> re . >> she's right it's a very distressing situation. joining me to talk about this is bill nye the science guy, he's host and executive producer of "the end is nye," he's also the author of bill nye's "great big world of science." let's start with the mega drought out west. 40 million people relying on the colorado river, arizona and nevada having to pull back their water usage. i mean, have we seen anything like this in some time? does this stand out to you to be an abnormal situation? >> well, it's abnormal in a sense, but it's also consistent with climate models. this is what -- and th...

There is an historic drought worsening in the west and states along the colorado river have to come up with a plan to cut 25% of their water usage. they missed the august 15th deadline. officials had hoped the feds would step in and enforce these cuts. so far that hasn't happened. here is cnn's chief climate correspondent bill weir. >> sometimes you lose track of how far the water has dropped, but there are reminders here everywhere. this is where the water line was in 2008. far way from where the drought started in the year 2000. that is when the water line was way up the hill. but now it has...