Now is the Time to Conserve

Uh oh.

The Director of the California Department of Water Resources (and graduate of my alma mater), Lester Snow, requested all Californians to voluntarily cut 20% of their water consumption.

This comes on the heels of an announcement that state water project contractors will receive only 15% of their allocations, and farmers who rely on the federal Central Valley Project will receive 0% of their allocations. You read that right. No water for farmers. None. They grow our crops. The state water project serves many of the major municipal customers in southern California.

This drought is no joke. Matt and I will have trouble cutting water use by 20% since all we really do is take showers and flush the toilet. Many cities that call for voluntary conservation usually do so in the 10 to 12% range. 20% is actually quite large, and should STUN us into action.

I need to actually put a water bottle in our super water using toilet, and I was thinking of contacting our property manager with some information on conserving water in multi-unit buildings (like, say, replacing the super guzzling toilet).

Also, look forward to super high prices for vegetables later this year.