It's not time to panic, it's time to act wisely and prudently," MWD General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger said, adding, "We're saying, you're going to go down from three times a week to probably one day a week. Take out your lawn, take out some of that ornamental landscaping, I don't think that's panic, but it is time to act."
Some board members had pushed for a higher cutback rate of 20 percent - a difference of 100,000 acre-feet, or 326,000 gallons (1.2 million liters). Just one acre-foot can provide for two average households a year.
But the agency voted for the lower amount, deeming it a manageable target. The current plan will conserve about 300,000 acre-feet of water.
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