By Craig Miller, KQED Science/News Fix
This week local water officials and consumers around California will get the final version of new emergency drought rules ordered by Governor Jerry Brown in early April. The statewide water restrictions go into effect on June 1.
Local water agencies are racing to get programs in place to cut urban water use anywhere from 8 to 36 percent, depending on how much water their residents have been using on a per-capita basis.
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