{"id":1635845,"date":"2022-09-07T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T00:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635845"},"modified":"2022-09-07T20:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T00:05:08","slug":"california-cut-water-use-by-10-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-cut-water-use-by-10-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"California Cut Water Use By 10% In July"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-cut-water-use-by-10-in-july%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=1635845&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--><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> reduced water <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-09-07\/water-use-drops-10-in-july-as-california-deals-with-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use<\/a> 10.4% in July from two years ago, according to state water authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There were new conservation regulations that took effect in July for the first time for an entire month, such as not allowing any watering of ornamental grass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom<\/a> had asked the state to cut water use 15% in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The State Water Resources Control Board put out the monthly amounts, which come from information provided to them from urban water suppliers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLast summer the savings numbers were slow to ramp up because the governor\u2019s call had just gone into effect. But the most recent numbers show how far we\u2019ve come,\u201d Marielle Rhodeiro, a research data expert with the board, said. \u201cWe can see some achievements \u2014 quite heartening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On average, California residents used 104 gallons each day in the month of July, which is 12 gallons less per day than a year prior. The amount reflected the least amount of water use in July since the same month in 2015 when mandatory cuts were enforced. At that time, water use declined to 98 gallons per person each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhat a ride it\u2019s been,\u201d board chairman E. Joaquin Esquivel said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe know that we need to keep the momentum going,\u201d he noted later, saying that California is probably going to have another winter with less rain and snow than normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The major reservoirs in the state, which mainly rely on snow from the Sierra Nevada, are far lower than their historical averages; and the snowpack in the state was only at 27% of its historic averages as of the beginning of April, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThings are in general significantly below historic averages,\u201d Eric Ekdahl, deputy director for water rights, said to the board. \u201cThat trend is continuing, and there\u2019s no clear precipitation on the horizon, with maybe the exception of Southern California, which may see some tropical moisture toward the end of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Central Valley, which is comprised of much of the state\u2019s farmland and agricultural production, is currently in an <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/CurrentMap\/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exceptional<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drought<\/a>, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2021, farms received less water due to reductions put in place to give water to others and help the environment, the Public Policy Institute of California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppic.org\/publication\/policy-brief-drought-and-californias-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> in an April brief. The report noted that less watering can lead to a drop in crop production, which has far-reaching impacts. It estimated that the drought and crop declines have resulted in the loss of $1.7 billion in profit and 14,600 jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California reduced water use 10.4% in July from two years ago, according to state water authorities. There were new conservation regulations that took effect in July for the first time for an entire month, such as not allowing any watering of ornamental grass. 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