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A ‘Welcome Number’ On Water Savings

A drop-off in Californians’ water conservation efforts seems to have leveled off, state officials said Tuesday, though residents still used more water during the month of September than they did the same month in 2015. The news comes one month after the State Water Resources Control Board expressed concern that savings were slipping. Earlier, the board had decided to relax the rules and allow cities to set their own numeric targets; most decided that none were needed. So when conservation starting slumping, critics said the board wasn’t taking aggressive enough action.

 

State, County Water Conservation Rebounds In September

As California faces the prospect of a sixth-straight year of drought, fears have been somewhat tempered that residents and businesses would abandon water savings in response to state officials lifting mandatory conservation standards. The State Water Resources Control Board announced Tuesday that urban water use across the state, as well as in San Diego County, declined in September after having been on the rise for several months.