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Week right now because of the agricultural demands downstream. >> reporter: california is one of those states that relies on water from lake meade. the two largest reservoirs are at critically low levels. at just half of their historical averages. >> we are doing what we had signaled was likely to happen. >> reporter: for months, governor gavin newsom called on residents and businesses to voluntarily cut their water usage by 15%. but in march, urban water usage rose by 19% from the same month in 2020. spurring newsom to pressure the state's largest urban water suppliers to beef up their effort...

Mainly found along roadsides and at the entrances of the city's many planned communities. so you guys must be very busy. >> we are booked out months in advance. >> reporter: kurtis hyde's landscaping company now tears out grass all day long. >> some of our customers are extremely proactive and want it out as quickly as possible. >> reporter: southern nevada's water comes from lake mead on the colorado river. a 22-yearlong megadrought has left the nation's largest reservoir less than 30% full. >> purely ornamental outdoor water usage is really a luxury that southern nevada can no longer afford....

Commercial sites. in los angeles, outdoor watering is only allowed two days a week. in the bay area, at least two water districts are enforcing excessive water usage with fines. the east bay municipal utility district is prepared to release names of customers who excessively violate the m mandatory restrictions. all this, and it's not even summer yet. and knthese agencies are targetg the outdoor water because they say most residential customers are actually using 50% of their water to irrigate outdoors. but there are things you can do like this, with this fake turf and also this bark here, and...

>> we're falling about a foot a week right now because of the agricultural demands downstream. >> reporter: california is one of those states that relies on water from lake mead. its two largest reservoirs, shasta lake and lake oroville are at critically low levels. >> we are doing what we had signaled was likely to happen. >> reporter: for months governor gavin newsom has called on residents and businesses to voluntarily cut their water usage by 15%, but in march, urban water usage rose by 19% from the same month in 2020 spurring newsom to pressure the largest water suppliers to beef up their...

Third point is water use. we already in a water scourged war and mining is intensive on water usage. so to help make sense of this turmoil in the market i went straight to the top. i caught up with the big boss of the london metal exchange, the world's number one marketplace for base metals. matthew, a pleasure to have you on the show and thank you for your time. can you help us out here? we know that the market has been experiencing unprecedented turmoil spurred on by the horrendous war in ukraine. can you explain to us what has been going on? if i take copper as an example, a benchmark or be...