SACRAMENTO, Calif.<\/span>\u00a0(AP) \u2014 December\u2019s rains enabled Californians to finally meet Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s call for a 20 percent reduction in monthly water consumption, but more restrictions loom as the state adapts to long-term drought conditions.<\/span><\/p>\nCalifornia is by no means out of trouble, despite a survey released Tuesday that showed an unusually rainy month helped residents cut water use by 22 percent statewide from December 2013 levels.<\/p>\n
The Sierra Nevada snowpack that supplies a third of California\u2019s water is 75 percent below its historical average. And for the first time in recorded history, there was no measurable rainfall in downtown San Francisco in January, when winter rains usually come.<\/p>\n
Residents have reduced consumption since July, when the state authorized cities to fine people $500-a-day for violating restrictions on lawn watering and washing cars.<\/p>\n
Other ideas now being considered by the state water board include mandatory reviews of city water systems for leaks and penalizing agencies that haven\u2019t discouraged water-wasting by their customers.<\/p>\n
The governor called on Californians to use 20 percent less water last year when he declared a drought emergency. The closest they previously came to reaching that goal was in August, when water use dropped 11.6 percent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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