{"id":1075994,"date":"2021-12-02T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1075994"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:13:50","slug":"california-likely-to-impose-urban-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-likely-to-impose-urban-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"California Likely to Impose Urban Water Restrictions as Drought Worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-likely-to-impose-urban-water-restrictions-as-drought-worsens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1075994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tap-drip-water-caristo-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">California is likely to impose new urban water restrictions in the coming months as the ongoing drought continues to worsen, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Though there were a few small storms earlier in the fall, and there is flooding in the Pacific Northwest, the La Ni\u00f1a conditions have kept the state dry thus far.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>If California must endure a third consecutive dry winter, it may become necessary to enact restrictions simply to prevent the state from running entirely out of water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Sacramento Bee<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/water-and-drought\/article256261092.html\">reported<\/a> Monday:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p>With the drought showing no signs of abating, California officials announced Wednesday they plan to deliver almost no water from the State Water Project to begin next year \u2014 and suggested that mandatory cutbacks in urban usage could come if conditions stay dry.<\/p>\n<p>Karla Nemeth, director of the Department of Water Resources, said the various cities and farm-irrigation districts that belong to the State Water Project \u2014 the elaborate state-run network of reservoirs and canals \u2014 are getting \u201cessentially a zero allocation\u201d to start 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While conditions could improve if the winter turns wet, it marks the first time that the project has announced a zero allocation initially for the upcoming year. The project delivered a 5% allocation in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So far Gov. Gavin Newsom has resisted suggestions that he institute mandatory conservation measures on urban Californians. That could well change if the drought continues much longer, Nemeth said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/california-water-districts-to-get-0-of-requested-supplies\/\">zero allocation<\/a> from the State Water Project means that local water suppliers will need to find other sources \u2014 federal and local \u2014 for water.<\/p>\n<p>Already, San Francisco has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/california-water-districts-to-get-0-of-requested-supplies\/\">declared<\/a> a water emergency, imposing a 5% surcharge on water use.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jerry Brown imposed 25% urban water restrictions in 2015, but lifted them after heavy precipitation in 2017 alleviated the drought.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California is likely to impose new urban water restrictions in the coming months as the ongoing drought continues to worsen, according to officials. 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