Outdoor watering will be restricted to one day a week for about 6 million people, an unprecedented measure.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared the water shortage emergency Tuesday and ordered limits to “reduce nonessential water use” to parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties. The move includes the unprecedented measure of restricting outdoor watering to one day a week for about a third of their region.the emergency declaration to its “reliance” on “severely limited” water supplies in Northern California, which is also enduring extreme drought.
the agency supplied that exceeds limits. Officials said some areas will have to make greater cuts, but everyone across Southern California is urged to immediately reduce their water use by 20 to 30 percent.
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