Some water agencies say ‘no’ to mandated water cuts despite drought

Municipal water agencies across California are required to report to state officials by midnight Wednesday on whether they have enough water to withstand three more years of drought. If they don’t, a new state conservation plan requires them to calculate how much they need to start saving to meet anticipated demand.

Officials with the State Water Resources Control Board are calling it a “stress test.”

But what if many of the state’s 400-plus local water agencies don’t find much stress?