Despite Rainfall, State Still Aiming for 55 Gallon Per Person Water Conservation Target
Author Steve Greenhut, who recently wrote the book “Winning the Water Wars”, argues the state is essentially trying to squeeze juice out of a turnip.
“50 percent of the state’s water goes to environmental uses, about 40 percent for agriculture and about 10 percent for urban uses, with five point seven percent for residential use,” Greenhut tells GV Wire℠ by phone. The standards seem to be increasingly focused on a really small percentage of water.”
Greenhut also sees a possibility the state is entering into yet another drought period. A check of the United States Drought monitor shows most of California ranges from abnormally dry to exceptional drought as of January 28th
