Typically, the shortfall was taken from water allotted to Arizona and Nevada. With Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, among America's fastest-growing cities, these states no longer agree to send their surplus water to California. The state of California is working on a plan to reduce its reliance on the Colorado River. Think about where your community gets its drinking water. Surf Your Watershed , where you can find not only the source of your drinking water, but also details on your local watershed, reports of contamination, etc.
Every individual can have an impact on water conservation.
Showers use an average of 5 to 7 gallons per minute. A leaky faucet drips about 150 gallons of water a week . Examine how you use water throughout the day, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the laundry room, and outside your home. Make a list of 10 things that you can do to save water. For example, a toilet displacement device can save about 5 gallons per flush.