California Adopts First Permanent Statewide Water Conservation Framework

Published on July 8, 2024

California has adopted a historic statewide water conservation plan, affecting hundreds of urban retail water suppliers—that serve 95 percent of Californians—to increase water savings by 2040. The State Water Resources Control Board, a five-member agency made up of appointees by the governor, approved the new rules July 3. Unlike temporary emergency water usage rules in the past, these new regulations are permanent. The board said in a press release that their strategy in implementing the new measures is to address a 10 percent water supply shortfall they anticipate by 2040. Starting in 2027, California urban water suppliers must calculate how much water it can allocate to users based on residential indoor and outdoor water use. How much commercial, institutional, and industrial landscapes can use will be based on irrigation meters.  ...

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