A tale of two cities: What is LA doing right that
Sacramento is doing wrong?
June 22, 2008. Los
Angeles. The Mayor
of Los Angeles announced last month that Los Angeles
will meet 100% of its expected growth in water
demand over the next 20 years with aggressive
conservation and an unprecedented water recycling
program, with a 6-fold increase in water
recycling and ramped up enforcement of water
restrictions. in other
words, conservation
and recycling will be the "source" of ALL new
water demand for Los Angeles
going forward. This
NEW conservation effort is being promoted AFTER L.A. has
already engaged in significant water conservation
measures over the past 25 years (water usage has
remained flat, even though the population of the area
has increased by 1,000,000 people - roughly 25% growth).
May
15th Press Release,
MAYOR
VILLARAIGOSA UNVEILS FAR-REACHING 20-YEAR WATER STRATEGY
FOR LA
Capital gushes wasted water:
Metropolitan region's per-capita use tops U.S. daily
average
By Matt Weiser, staff
writer
Sacramento Bee – 6/19/08
The Sacramento metropolitan
region has so neglected water conservation that it now
ranks as one of the world's most extravagant consumers
of water, a Bee review has found.
Throughout California, urban water agencies...(
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