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Water-conservation measures not enough to meet 2020 target, officials say

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 21, 2008 at 6:19 am

From Riverside’s Press-Enterprise:

More drastic steps are needed for the state to achieve Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s goal of cutting urban water consumption by one-fifth by 2020, officials said Thursday. “The bottom line is it’s hard to see how the basic measures will help the regions get to the target. Other measures will have to be considered,” Anil Bamezai, a consultant for Schwarzenegger’s water-conservation team, told water agency officials and others.

California’s population is projected to grow from about 38 million to 44 million people by 2020. The state, though, is on pace to reduce its water consumption by enough to serve only about 1 million additional families, and even that estimate might be too optimistic.

In the Inland area, existing water-efficiency measures such as low-flow showerheads would meet about three-quarters of a 2020 conservation goal for the region that includes western Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Those same measures, though, would achieve only a fraction of the proposed conservation goal for the region that includes Banning, Yucca Valley and the Coachella Valley.

The governor’s panel is scheduled to issue its recommendations at the end of January. Some of them could require changes to state law.

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November 21, 2008 · Filed Under Conservation

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