Sonoma County residents exceed state water savings targets in July

Mary Callahan, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The latest round of water conservation reporting indicates Sonoma County cities all exceeded the statewide savings goal of 25 percent in July and surpassed their individual, state-mandated conservation targets, as well.
State water officials singled out Santa Rosa and three other California communities for special praise, noting that Santa Rosa cut July water use by 43.8 percent over the same month in 2013. That’s 2.5 times its state-mandated conservation goal of 16 percent.
Jennifer Burke, the city’s deputy director of environmental services, said city officials were “very proud” of local residents for conservation efforts that have been ongoing for more than a year.
“We have had a long-standing commitment to water conservation and water-use efficiency,” Burke said, “and we’re very grateful we have a community that is so willing to step up.”
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