Water use varies widely across California because of yard size and climate
As California increasingly slips into extreme drought and calls intensify to reduce water use, the state’s water savings in 2022 remain bleak. The average Californian used 83 gallons of water per day in April, compared with 73 in April 2020. That’s far from the 15 percent decrease that Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for as our reservoirs and the snowpack dwindle. (This underperformance has persisted since January.) But, as is often the case with such an enormous state, the overall numbers only tell part of the story. Yes, the average Californian used 83 gallons of water per day in April, but San Franciscans consumed less than half of that at 40 gallons per day. Meanwhile, residents of Riverside County used 137 gallons.
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