Do your part: Every San Diegan has an obligation to save water

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 26, 2009 at 7:04 am
From the San Diego Union Tribune, this editorial:
Now that the San Diego County Water Authority has declared a drought alert, aggressive water conservation throughout this semi-arid corner of Southern California is more imperative than ever.
Are you ready to do your part?
More than 80 percent of the water San Diegans use is imported from outside the region, primarily from the Colorado River to the east (54 percent) and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the north (28 percent). Because of the drought and a court order restricting pumping from the Delta to protect fish, San Diego will receive in the year ahead 48,000 acre-feet of water less than its projected demand of 629,000 acre-feet. (An acre-foot is enough for two typical households for a year.)
This translates into a mandatory cutback of 8 percent countywide – a reduction that can be achieved with a minimum of economic disruption if every individual does his part to conserve. Even before the drought alert was issued, the Water Authority was calling for savings of 20 gallons per person per day. This remains a good personal target.
Read the full text of this editorial from the San Diego Union Tribune by clicking here

Update 4:31 PM 4/27/2009
Ok, I live in a county full of morons: asked how they'd cut back if required, more residents said they'd save water by cutting indoors than outdoors.

In all fairness though, I went to school in this county and I don't remember them teaching us about where our water actually came from. My kid learned in high school, but suburban land developers never learn,and they have a lot of power in Southern California. Then also there is the issue of people moving here (after playing tourist here) from wetter areas of the country, and insisting on landscaping their yards like they did where they were originally from.