From the USA Today:
By William Welch
LOS ANGELES - Skiers are enjoying the early winter snows on California's mountains, but down closer to sea level are big worries that the snowfall and its spring runoff won't be enough to relieve two years of drought. Unless the next few months prove to be wet ones, tougher conservation steps and even water rationing from cities to farms could be ahead for the nation's most populous state. The impact could be felt across the country in higher food prices, officials warn, if water shortages reduce production in the 400-mile-long Central Valley where much of the nation's fruit is grown in irrigated fields.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-01-06-snowpack_N.htm
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SoCal like many other parts of the world is experiencing water shortage and the only way out is conservation. With the water table all over the world dropping dramatically, we need to become conscious about the way we use water.
There are numerous inexpensive and easy things people who are environmentally conscious can do, so as to conserve water. Some of these are washing only full dish loads of water, directing grey water from the kitchen and bathroom to the garden, washing your car with a bucket of water instead of the hose, using a low flow shower head etc.
To read more water conservation tips that you can practice at home and office visit http://tr.im/r3xY
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