Can you get by on just 80 gallons of water a day?
When the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California this week unveiled its strictest-ever water restrictions for about 6 million residents, it did so with an urgent goal in mind: a 35% reduction in water consumption, equating to an allocation of about 80 gallons per person per day. …But what does 80 gallons per person look like, and what would it mean for the daily life of average Californians? For starters, more brown lawns are a given.
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