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Relationships August 5, 2016
Don’t be fooled by random rain showers – the drought in California is far from over.
According to the California Department of Water Resources, although this year has produced the most water since the beginning of the drought, it’s not enough to get us out of the slump. Four years of hot weather and little rain have put Californians in a terrible condition. And now, more than ever, we have to limit our waste and conserve our water.
If you’ve ever had your water turned off for an extended amount of time, you know how vital it is to almost everything you do. We need water to function on a daily basis. Without running water, we would have to buy gallons of water at the store for showering, drinking, cooking, doing the dishes and flushing the toilet.
Unfortunately, however, our lifestyle tends to take our good fortune for granted. Water is seen as an unlimited commodity and we tend to be inefficient with its usage. We brush our teeth with the water running, take long showers, do laundry excessively and water our lawns twice a day. As the drought has shown us, water is not an unlimited resource. We’re going to need to step up our game or instill policies to monitor our usage.
Several cities have already decided they are in need of regulating their residents’ water usage. There are now specific days and times to water your lawn. You aren’t allowed to wash your car with a regular hose, you can’t refill your pool unless it is absolutely necessary and leaks have to be fixed.
If everyone decides that they’re just going to continue with their bad habits, our collective overuse of water can cause our reservoirs to sink even lower. In order to prevent this from happening, we can all do small things to help the effort.
For more water saving practices visit Save Our Water to help make water conservation trendy!