A Couple of Dings on the Dashboard

Responding to the statewide drought, San Diego consumers reduced county per-capita residential water use 13 percent last year, dropping the total water use among local agencies by 112,700 acre-feet. The water districts in Rainbow and Valley Center fell 49 percent in use per capita. “We need to create new water supplies but we have to use less water,” said Mark Weston, chairman of the San Diego County Water Authority.