{"id":221663,"date":"2022-01-04T11:33:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=221663"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:39:14","slug":"agua-de-sequia-de-california-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/environment\/2022\/01\/california-drought-water\/","title":{"rendered":"No, la sequ\u00eda de California no ha terminado. Este es el por qu\u00e9."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\n\t\t
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California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict dry conditions for the rest of the season. And conservation still lags.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n

Lea este art\u00edculo en <\/em>espa\u00f1ol<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a clear sign that the drought persists, California today adopted new emergency regulations<\/a> aimed at stopping residents from wasting the state\u2019s precious water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules ban practices<\/a> such as hosing down sidewalks and driveways with drinking water, washing cars without a shutoff nozzle on the hose and irrigating lawns and gardens too soon after rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approved unanimously by the State Water Resources Control Board, the mandates could take effect as soon as Jan. 15 and have a one-year expiration date unless extended. Fines can reach as high as $500, but enforcement will be spotty: Local governments and water agencies are allowed to enforce them at their discretion, and they will largely be complaint-based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s not going to be like a statewide force of water cops or anything like that,\u201d said Eric Oppenheimer<\/a>, the water board\u2019s chief deputy director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LESSONS LEARNED: DROUGHT THEN AND NOW<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A CalMatters series investigates what’s improved and what’s worsened since the last drought \u2014 and vividly portrays the impacts on California’s places and people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

California\u2019s drought<\/a> is not over despite a bounty of snowfall and rain over the past month: California\u2019s snowpack \u2014 a critical source of water \u2014 is 150% of average<\/a> for Jan. 4. But with three months left of the wet season, it\u2019s not enough to bring an end to the severe drought and water shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California still needs about another foot of snow water content \u2014 the amount of water contained in the snowpack \u2014 by the end of March to reach its historic seasonal average, according to the state data. Almost 16 inches of snow water content have accumulated by today<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecember alone will not end the drought, clearly,\u201d said Jeanine Jones, interstate resources manager for the Department of Water Resources. \u201cDecember was wonderful, but now we just hope it keeps on going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n