Long Beach, keep those faucets closed tight, those showers short and those lawns, well, alive but not turned into swampland. Your water-conservation efforts are paying off.
Last week the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners announced that the city has set another 10-year record low for water consumption in June, marking the 14th consecutive month the city has achieved a new 10-year record low.
From the press release (and really, these are some pretty amazing numbers):
For the fiscal year, which began October 1, 2008, Long Beach water use is 16.6 percent below the historical 10-year average water use. June 2009 water consumption was 18.4 percent below the historical 10-year average water use. Per capita water use in the city of Long Beach is currently 105 gallons per person, per day, which is the lowest it's been since 1945. The per capita number includes both residential and commercial water use in the City of Long Beach.
Not bad. The Water Department's conservation campaign must be paying off. Or maybe it's just that in this recession, people can't even afford water anymore ...
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