Residents are conserving water at a commendable pace, but officials say warmer and drier conditions await.
It was a pattern not unlike the previous drought, Anderson said, in which a soggy November and December gave way to one of the state’s driest stretches on record beginning in 2013.
Officials are lauding the city’s progress, but some experts ponder the long-term plan — especially as seasonal outlooks indicate yet another dry winter is in store for Southern California. “We’re continuing the trend that we’ve observed since May,” Ely said. “This puts California solidly back on track when it comes to saving water — especially since during the summer, water use usually increases as our irrigation demands increase. These double-digit numbers that we’re seeing really show that people, and the urban retail water suppliers that serve them, are taking these more aggressive actions to curb and reduce water use.
Ely said a third regulation would likely set standards for residential use indoors and outdoors and identify percent reductions for urban retail suppliers in the state, along with other actions in support of“One of the things that [Newsom’s] strategy sort of laid out for the world was that hotter and drier conditions spurred by
Experts have noted that drying wells and drought conditions are affecting water quality in the state, as shriveling groundwater supplies can have higher concentrations of pollutants such as arsenic and hexavalent chromium. Nearly 1 million Californians — most of whom are inJeanine Jones, drought manager at the Department of Water Resources, said many agricultural users also experienced significant cuts this year.
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