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A tale of two cities: What is LA doing right that Sacramento is doing wrong?

June 22, 2008. Los Angeles. The Mayor of Los Angeles announced last month that Los Angeles will meet 100% of its expected growth in water demand over the next 20 years with aggressive conservation and an unprecedented water recycling program, with a 6-fold increase in water recycling and ramped up enforcement of water restrictions. in other words, conservation and recycling will be the "source" of ALL new water demand for Los Angeles going forward. This NEW conservation effort is being promoted AFTER L.A. has already engaged in significant water conservation measures over the past 25 years (water usage has remained flat, even though the population of the area has increased by 1,000,000 people - roughly 25% growth).
May 15th Press Release,  

MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA UNVEILS FAR-REACHING 20-YEAR WATER STRATEGY FOR LA

Capital gushes wasted water:
Metropolitan region's per-capita use tops U.S. daily average

By Matt Weiser, staff writer
Sacramento Bee – 6/19/08 
The Sacramento metropolitan region has so neglected water conservation that it now ranks as one of the world's most extravagant consumers of water, a Bee review has found.

Throughout California, urban water agencies...( Read the rest of the story at the Bee on-line)