BREAKING: The nation's largest water supplier has declared a drought emergency for all of Southern California.
It doesn't rain much in Southern California, so the district imports about half of its water from the Colorado River and the northern Sierra Nevada via the State Water Project — a complex system of dams, canals and reservoirs that provides drinking water for much of the state.
On Tuesday, the board voted to extend that declaration to cover all Southern California water agencies. They called on agencies to immediately reduce how much water they import. By April, the board will decide whether to make those cuts mandatory if the drought continues. "I think Metropolitan is being very proactive in doing this," said Dave Eggerton, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies."It's really the right thing to do."
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