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Water Conservation Urged Amid Drought Worries
Sierra Nevada snowpack has fallen about one-third below normal levels
Samantha Young, AP
Published: May 8, 2008 11:41
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Excerpt: {magazine_leadin}SACRAMENTO (AP) – Californians are being asked to water their lawns less, plant native shrubs and install more-efficient irrigation systems to stave off water shortages and mandatory rationing amid growing worries about a possible long-term drought. The increasingly urgent call to conserve water comes as state officials said May 1 that the Sierra Nevada snowpack, a key source of the state’s water supply, has fallen about one-third below normal levels. “We need to recognize that we’re in a water shortage…
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