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Water Day: Have you kept up with your water conservation efforts?

By AirTalk Staff

Published Apr 2, 2018

Sprinklers water a patch of grass on the sidewalk in front of a house in Alhambra, California, on July 25, 2014. In the latest report released by the California Department of Water Resources on July 23, ten of the state's 12 major reservoirs have fallen below 50 percent of their total capacity as California nears the historic lows set in 1977, with reservoir levels expected to further drop if the three-year drought persists. And despite calls from California Governor Jerry Brown to limit water use during drought, a report released last week by the State Water Resources Control Board showed Californians have actually increaded water consumption this year. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. Brown (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Water Day: Have you kept up with your water conservation efforts?

Since Gov. Jerry Brown called off California's drought emergency a year ago, we Californians seem to have gotten a little lazy when it comes to water conservation.

We've started watering our lawns more often. We're not putting buckets in our showers as much. (In fact, we're taking longer showers.) And we don’t let yellow mellow — meaning, we flush our pee instead of just letting it sit in the toilet bowl, according to Southern California residents KPCC queried for this story.

AirTalk checks in our environment reporter Emily Guerin on her story about Southern Californians and her water saving habits.

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Emily Guerin, environment reporter at KPCC who’s been following the story

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Water Day: Have you kept up with your water conservation efforts?

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