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Specter of water rationing emerges for Inland Empire providers

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 28, 2008 at 9:05 am

From Riverside’s Press-Enterprise:

Riverside County Supervisor Marion Ashley remembers the extreme drought conditions of nearly two decades ago.

In 1991, before low-flow toilets became the norm, Ashley and many others put bricks in their toilet tanks to reduce the amount of water used in flushing. In the shower, they turned off the water to soap up, then back on for a rinse. Some of his friends caught the overflow in buckets to use later.

Ashley gave up watering the yard of his Perris home, letting plants and bushes wither and die. “It worried me all the time,” said Ashley, who sees similar measures fast approaching as the state enters what could be a third dry winter.

Even if this year brings average rain and snowfall, the drought won’t be over. Climatologists say it will take a very wet year or several average years in a row to bring California back to even.

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November 28, 2008 · Filed Under Conservation, Riverside - San Bernardino

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