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O6/08/2015 6. On July 15, 2014,the State Water Board adopted an emergency regulation to support water conservation (Resolution No. 20140038), and that regulation became effective July 28, 2014 upon approval by the Office of Administrative Law(OAL); 7. On March 17, 2015, the State Water Board amended and readopted the emergency regulation to support water conservation (Resolution No. 2015-0013), which became effective March 27, 2015 upon approval by OAL; 8. The current emergency regulation has supported Califomians' water conservation efforts, with over 125 billion gallons saved from August 2014 through March 2015; however, statewide water use is only nine percerrt less than the same months in 2013. Achieving a 25 percent reduction in use will require even greater conservation efforts across the state. In particular, many communities must dramatically reduce their outdoor water use; 9. In many areas, 50 percent or more of daily water use is for lawns and outdoor landscaping. Outdoor water use is generally discretionary, and many irrigated landscapes will survive while receiving a decreased amount of water; 10.Although urban water suppliers have placed restrictions on outdoor watering, the State Water Board continues to receive reports of excessive outdoor water use; 11.Water conservation is the easiest, most efficient and most cost-effective way to quickly reduce water demand and extend supplies into the next year, providing flexibiliiy for all California communities. Water saved this summer is water available later in the season or next year, reducing the likelihood aF even more severe water shortages should the drought continue; 12. Education and enforcement against water waste is a key tool in conservation programs. When conservation beca�nes a social norm in a community, the need for enforcement is reduced or eliminated; 13. Public information and awareness is critical to achieving conservation goals, and the Save Our Water campaign, run jointly by the Department of Water Resources(DWR) and the Association of California Water Agencies, is an excellent resource for conservation information and messaging that is integral to effective drought response (http://saveo u rwate r.co m); 14. Many California communities are facing social and economic hardship due to this drought. The rest of us can make adjustments to our water use, including landscape choices that conserve even more water; 15.The California Constitution declares, at article X, section 2, that the water resources of the state must be put to beneficial use in a manner that is reasonable and not wast�ul. Relevant to the current drought conditions, the California Supreme Court has clarified that"what may be a reasonable beneficial use, where water is preserit in excess of all needs, would not be a reasonable beneFicial use in an area of great scarcity and great need.What is a beneficial use at onetime may, because of changed conditions, become a waste of water at a later time." (Tu/ar� Dist. v. Lindsay Strathmore Dist. (1935)3 Cal.2d 489, 567.) In support of water conservation, the legislature has, through Water Code section 1011, deemed reductions in water use due to conservation as equivalent 2 2 RESO.#15418 MUFF#802