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Environmental & Energy

Aug. 22, 2024

New regulations to cement conservation as a 'California Way of Life'

Californians can expect further water conservation measures as the state water resources control board proceeds with its "making conservation a California way of life" regulation.

Wendy Y. Wang

Partner and Litigator, Best Best & Krieger LLP

She serves on the Board of Trustees for Southern California Water Coalition and is the chair of the Environmental Section of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. She has been named as The Best Lawyers in America(r) 2025 in Water Law and Litigation-Environmental.

Samuel Johnson

Associate, Best Best & Krieger LLP

Environmental Law

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For nine out of the last 13 years, California was in a state of drought. The five-year drought from 2012 and 2016 is one of the top five most severe droughts California experienced in the last 120 years. Many wells went dry during this period; farmers fallowed land; some rural communities had no running water; and trees died in mass in the Sierra.

Against this backdrop, Governor Jerry Brown issued a record number of executive orders and emergency procla...

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