Southern California water officials took the unprecedented step of declaring a water shortage emergency and restricting outdoor watering to just one day a week in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties.
As dams and global warming push endangered California salmon to the brink, a rescue plan is taking shape — and a tribe pushes for recovering their sacred fish.
With the state’s major reservoirs at low levels, the MWD has been left without enough water to meet demands in parts of Southern California, officials said.MWD’s board voted to adopt the emergency measures to “reduce non-essential water use” in certain areas. Cities and smaller water suppliers that get water from MWD are required to start restricting outdoor watering to one day a week, or to find other ways to cut usage to a new monthly allocation limit.
Any water suppliers that fail to comply could face large fines from the MWD for exceeding their monthly allocations. The State Water Project delivers water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farmlands and cities to the south. The project includes canals, pipelines, reservoirs and pumping facilities, which transport water to approximately 27 million Californians.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
To help conserve water, Pueblo High School students harness rain waterThe garden club leader and science teacher Nicolas Pitts said the students learned not only about equations and science, but how to create a better environment.
Read more »
Pharrell Williams Announces Return of Something in the Water FestivalPharrell Williams decided there is something in the water. No, literally — the producer's Something in the Water Festival will return this year in
Read more »
The next border dispute: WaterThree hundred miles south of El Paso, farmers in Delicias, Chihuahua, are running out of water. Recently, farmers have not received their requested allotment...
Read more »
San Diego coastal waters are the coldest they've been in nearly 20 yearsThe National Weather Service attributes the chill to upwelling
Read more »