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LA Moves to Ration Water

Statewide water shortage means LA may impose first water limits since 1991

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2009 2:11 AM CST

(Newser) – Los Angeles is taking steps toward rationing water for the first time since 1991, reports Reuters. The LA Department of Water and Power has approved a plan to charge a penalty rate for water use over a set monthly limit that will take effect in May unless it is vetoed by the City Council. Recent storms have done little to alleviate the statewide water shortages caused by a drought now in its third year.

An unidentified gardener waters a driveway in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Water from the Sierra Nevada range flows along the California Aqueduct. State water managers say recent storms have done little to alleviate shortages caused by the state's three-year-old drought. (©Omar Omar)

Run-off water drains into a street gutter from a Los Angeles home late last year, in violation of city regulations governing water use for landscaping and gardens. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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