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Nor-Cal is way ahead of So-Cal with water conservation

This article was published on 06.11.15

The California State Water Resources Control Board released its latest water-savings statistics last week, and for the month of April 2015 Californians increased their water conservation by 13 percent (over April 2013). Northern California’s hydrolic regions fared significantly better than those in Southern California. The Colorado River (desert areas), South Lahontan (L.A.) and South Coast (San Diego, etc.) regions saved 12.8, 10.5 and 8.7 percent, respectively. Up here in the Sacramento River region, we saved 23.7 percent for the month. Here’s a sampling of savings from individual Nor-Cal districts:

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