New drought rules in Southern California aim to cut daily water use to 80 gallons per person. Water managers say hitting this number is critical.
Large portions of Southern California are being told to water outdoors just one day a week. And a total watering ban could be imposed by fall.. Under the new rules, MWD will require suppliers to limit watering times on the one day when watering is allowed for each customer. The details will be left to each supplier, but some water agencies have already said sprinklers should run no more than 8 minutes.
Gleick said toilets are among the biggest water-users inside the home, and older toilets can use as much as 6 gallons a flush. But newer, more high efficient models have reduced that number to less than 1.3 gallons. “There are two components to this,” Gleick said. “One is, what do we do in the short run by changing our behavior? The second is, what do we do in the long run by changing our appliances, and in particular our outdoor landscaping?”Researchers say California’s cities have big potential to use water more efficiently while taking advantage of stormwater and recycled wastewater.
The study’s author, Shahzeen Attari, said that’s why focusing the restrictions on a specific activity — outdoor watering — instead of a per-capita number makes sense from a policy perspective, at least for the time being.
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