Opinion: How California can solve its growing water crisis
Here are the steps — starting with the least intrusive and least expensive — that state and local government need to take now to avoid the dystopia that Cape Town, South Africa, endured in 2018 when the faucets ran dry. … First, we should make conservation a way of life. Utilities must increase tried-and-true mandatory 20% conservation and water recycling from 2019 usage. … We also need to shift water retailer’s own incentives. While they will never say it publicly, water utilities do not like conservation, because selling less water means less revenue.
-Written by Steve Westly, a former California State Controller and founder of The Westly Group; and Gary Kremen, representing District 7 on the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors.Related article: