California’s water watchers said that Newsom's order wasn’t enough. “I would have liked to see a more directed statewide mandate that would have taken into consideration regional per capita water-use levels,” said BerkeleyLab's Newsha Ajami
A person cleans the sidewalk and waters the lawn in the front yard of a house in Alameda California on May 4, 2021. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News GroupStill resisting statewide water rationing for parched California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking local suppliers to tighten water limits.
Newsom also ordered state water regulators to consider banning irrigation of decorative lawns at businesses and other institutions.“I would have liked to see a more directed statewide mandate that would have taken into consideration regional per capita water-use levels,” said Newsha Ajami, chief strategy officer for research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “However, I am glad to see he is initiating efforts to curb outdoor water use and banning non-functional turf.
Each agency has spelled out what actions this degree of reduction — called a stage two water shortage — will trigger in their required Water Shortage Contingency Plans. This could include cutting the number of days when outdoor irrigation is permitted. “Our current restrictions are already more restrictive than what the governor announced,” said Liann Walborsky, director of corporate communications for San Jose Water.
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