Despite record heat, drought-conscious Californians managed to slash urban water use by 27% in June and demonstrated once again that they were on track to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s historic 25% conservation order, state water officials said Thursday.
Data released by the State Water Resources Control Board showed that Californians had reduced their water consumption by 59 billion gallons compared with June 2013, a fundamental change in water use habits.
At the same time, however, 16 of the state’s water suppliers had missed their conservation targets by more than 15 percentage points and will be contacted by water officials for an explanation in the next two weeks, officials said.