(HL-사건/법률) California Limits Water Use Because of Dry Weather

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The state of California is taking steps to deal with dry weather. Governor Jerry Brown announced last week that Californians must reduce their water use by 25 percent because of a lack of rainfall and snow. Some local communities are developing new restrictions on water use. This is California’s fourth year of below-average rainfall since 2012. The lack of rain and snow has created moderate to extreme drought conditions across the state. Bill McDonald is with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He says the new restrictions should help. “Right now, we rely on a lot of snow and rain, and that’s not happening.”
* a lack of ~ = ~의 부족/ rainfall = 강우(량)/ restriction = 제한(규제)/ moderate = 보통의, 중간의/ drought = 가뭄

Some of the state’s water comes from northern California. It moves through aqueducts, or waterways, to the farm-rich Central Valley and water-hungry cities in the south. Farms use 80 percent of the state’s water to produce much of the nation’s fruit, vegetables and nuts. In general, farmers are not required to follow the new water restrictions. But many growers have already faced cuts to the amount of water they can take from public water supplies. They now pump groundwater for crops, and eventually will face more limitations on using it.
* aqueduct = 송수로(교)/ waterway = 수로/ groundwater = 지하수

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