Beverly Hills fined for wasteful treatment of water

Municipalities in the Californian cities of Beverly Hills, Indio and Redlands have been fined for water overruns amid continuing drought in the state. They violated a 2013 decree to reduce water consumption by 25 percent. Each of the municipalities received a fine of $ 61 thousand ...

Environmentalists accuse Nestle of record drought in California

Environmental activists intend to file a lawsuit against the Nestlé corporation, which drained all water sources in California. According to experts, the actions of the transnational corporation have led to a drought that has lasted for several years in the state of California. Republic Broadcasting Network reports that Nestle's license term for ...

California faces subsidence of soil

  Soil subsidence in California is becoming an increasingly serious problem as farmers pump more water out of the land to fight drought. Soil levels are dropping in parts of the state, NASA's report released on Wednesday suggests ...

In Los Angeles, drought is fought with black balls

In Los Angeles, a reservoir was filled with millions of black balls to save it from drying out and debris, according to the Los Angeles Times. According to the newspaper, the cost of each such ball was 36 cents. Thus, on the purchase of 96 million hollow spheres, the local authorities spent 34,5 ...

California farmers urged to reduce water consumption due to drought

California authorities have decided to drastically cut water supplies to farms due to the ongoing drought in its fourth year. In particular, farmers were called on to reduce water withdrawals from three different water sources. Two months ago, Governor Jerry Brown signed a decree on ...

In California, water consumption will be reduced by a quarter due to drought

The Governor of the US state of California Jerry Brown ordered to reduce the consumption of fresh water in the state by 25% in connection with the ongoing multi-year drought. A detailed plan to reduce consumption will be presented later, but it is already known that restrictions will affect, among other things, ordinary citizens and enterprises ...

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