California .. mandatory regulations to rationalize water consumption

Organization of Water Resources Council approved in California, on Tuesday, the first new mandatory regulations mandate to reduce water consumption urban areas, as part of the rationalization of consumption to counter the wave of devastating drought four years older.

And it has the approval of these emergency regulations, which requires some consumer sectors to cut up to 36%, unanimously last night during a meeting of the Council after weeks of the Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state's standing amid barren mountain meadows to order the water distribution system cards.

Said Chairman of the Board to organize the state of water resources, Felicia Marcus, during the prolonged meeting: "It is a collective crisis. We seek to rectify this situation as much as possible."

The regulations, approved by the principle, which will be subject to review by the legal advisers to the mandate before they become effective, reducing consumption by between 4 and 36%, so that bind with the highest consumption maximum reduction of consumer sectors.

More and would be affected by these regulations population urban areas, even though they represent only 20% of the volume of water consumption in the state has been the huge exception of the agricultural sector, which says public policy institute in California, it consumes 80%.

Brown defended the agriculture sector, saying that the state's farmers have already committed to the rationalization of water consumption for irrigation purposes amid environmental concerns of drought.

Among the main objectives of the new regulations reduce the water used to irrigate flower gardens and various types of open parks and gardens.