State Releasing Latest Water Figures, Discussing Penalties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – State officials plan to tell Californians what penalties they are taking against communities that fail to meet a mandated 25 percent reduction in water use when they announce usage figures Friday, in the state’s battle against a widespread drought.
So far Californians as a whole have cut back water consumption by more than 25 percent every month since Gov. Jerry Brown put that mandate into effect last June. Statewide cutbacks amounted to 27 percent in August