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Drought Rules: What You Can Water and When

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Most California water districts have no choice but to save water this summer. They’re facing mandatory requirements from the state to cut back between 8 and 36 percent.

That depends on their customers, of course. Each Bay Area water district has passed its own rules on how residents can and can’t use water. Find out if you’re following – or flouting – those requirements.

Click to see restrictions by water district:


Apart from water districts, some cities, like San Jose, have passed their own water conservation standards.

Research by Johanna Varner and Grace Singer. Produced by Lindsey Hoshaw.

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