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Yesterday, the State Water Resources Control Board released their monthly conservation numbers. December’s numbers, in comparison to November, dropped. In December, Californians conserved 18.3 percent (24.7 billion gallons). In November, that number was 20.4 percent.
“While the recent rains and growing snowpacks are wonderful to behold, we won’t know until spring what effect it will have on our bottom line for California’s unprecedented drought,” said Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board. “Until we can tally that ledger, we have to keep conserving water every way we can. Every drop saved today is one that we may be very glad to have tomorrow.”
Water experts across the state expected conservation numbers to drop slightly because of the cool months when people naturally conserve more. Winter months bring less opportunity for Californians to save water on outdoor usage.
Over the past seven months Californians have conserved 25.5 percent. That equates to more than 1 million acre-feet saved.
