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In declaring a drought emergency today, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for what is expected to be the driest year on record.
At a news conference in San Francisco this morning, he called on all Californians to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 20 percent. And he said mandatory water rationing may be forthcoming.
He ordered all state agencies to implement water use reduction plans, including placing a moratorium on “new, non-essential landscaping projects at state facilities and on state highways.”
Snowpacks in California’s mountains are at about 20 percent of their normal average and the state’s reservoirs have dropped to very low levels.
Click here for more information from the governor’s website.
Well we put in a new lawn 3 years ago. And I was thinking instead that California would become a desert. I am right on that one. So all of us need to get rid of our lawns and instead plant drought resistant plants. That way we can all save money. And remember, like in the 1970’s, ‘shower together’ goes the motto.
Meanwhile, the lawn sprinklers are still happily spraying the street on Sunset Ave in (well, technically, near) LA.
Lets build more and more, so more and more water gets used.
Isn’t this usually when the state decides it’s a great time to drain a couple of reservoirs for maintenance?