A silver lining from California's drought: Water conservation led to reduced energy use and less pollution
by Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2018
2 minutes
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In April 2015, California Gov. Jerry Brown called on the people of the most populous state to reduce their water use by 25 percent in response to a punishing four-year drought.
It was an audacious goal, and Californians came close to meeting it. Between June 2015 and April 2016, when
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