Southern California’s water supplier requires 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency and required the cutback
Highlights
- Southern California’s largest water supplier requires 6 million people to cut outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state.
- The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency and required the cities and water agencies it supplies to implement the cutback on June 1 and enforce it or face hefty fines.
- The district uses water from the Colorado River and the State Water Project to supply 26 public water agencies that provide water to 19 million people, or 40% of the state’s population.
- January, February and March of this year were the driest three months in recorded state history in terms of rainfall and snowfall.
- The 2020 and 2021 water years had the least rainfall on record for two consecutive years