The Importance Of Drought Conditions In Long Beach, California

Drought conditions in Long Beach, California, are regionally shared issues that policymakers and scientists are trying to address and mitigate within the 21st century. The Long Beach Water Department implemented the Conservation and Water Supply Shortage Plan as of November 3, 2005, to prevent supply shortages. Efforts to reduce water consumption in Long Beach has seen progress since inaction of the shortage plan, with 69.5 average daily gallons per resident being used to date (as of the month of July 2015) compared to 110 gallons per day average in the year 2010. To highlight water conservation progress since 2010, 40.5 average daily gallons per resident have been saved from previous levels of usage, indicating slow but ongoing decreased