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California Water Suppliers to Face Daily Fine If Consumers Fail to Cut Back

Two years of heavy rainfall has pulled the state out of extreme drought conditions, but a lack of water storage has driven continued efforts to cut water usage.
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California Water Suppliers to Face Daily Fine If Consumers Fail to Cut Back
Pipes carrying water from the Lake Shasta Dam in Northern California on Feb. 14, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
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New regulations from the California water board give suppliers conservation guidelines that could force already water-conscious consumers to be even more stingy in the decades ahead.

The State Water Resources Control Board approved the new guidelines July 3. The water-use estimates were designed to give suppliers the flexibility to find locally appropriate solutions to conserve water, the board said.
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