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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Hilary Beaumont

California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought

About 25 percent of the water from southern California comes from the Colorado River through an aqueduct [Handout from California Department of Water Resources]

Los Angeles, California – Amid a once-in-a-millennium prolonged drought fuelled by the climate crisis, one of the largest water distribution agencies in the United States is warning six million California residents to cut back their water usage this summer, or risk dire shortages.

The scale of the restrictions is unprecedented in the history of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which serves 20 million people and has been in operation for nearly a century.

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