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[hoot2]

c'mon, you farmers n water drinkers....the government knows whats best for you.
just don't worry about it...they'll take care of it for you.

[yankeedame]

... Calls to consumers to conserve more water also will increase. Local and regional water districts will ask residents to avoid over-watering lawns by setting timers carefully on outdoor sprinklers....

Sounds crazy I know, but why not just let the free market handle this? Let the price of water rise (or "float", as may be the case) to its true market level. As the price of water rises people will begin using less of it, e.g. not wash the car or watering the lawn quite so often, things like that.

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Water rates also could rise for residents by as much as $10 over the next decade, an accelerated increase compared to how fast they might have risen otherwise.

Ten dollars a what? A month? A year? A day? And a $10 raise over 10 years? What the heck is that-- a buck a year? Eight or so cents a month?? Whoa, hardship city here we come!

[A CA Guy]

I've been using a lot of water because I know they will ask me to rashion compared to my last year of use.

[koax]

i'll believe it when i see it. in my 20 years here, i've never seen anyone conserve water.

in contrast, denver since the 70s has had a conservation system that works. homeowners can water only on prescribed days, and violations incur tickets.

[lewislynn]

With the water surplus gone, the state will have to conserve

The Imperial Valley, San Diego or Southern California is not "the state".

Water Watch

"Statewide, the department estimates that about 60 percent more water than normal is locked within Sierra snow, the solid reservoir that eventually supplies much of California's water and powers its hydroelectric plants.

Much to the dismay of self loathing Californians and other haters of California/ns.

BTW, you'll notice that the complainers (Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming etc.) have access to the Colorado River way before the water ever reaches California's Imperial Valley.

The Bush administration seems to have an obsession for restricting water to patriotic American farmers...Or maybe they've decided their NAFTA farmers in Mexico need the water more than you.