Governor Newsom Announces Water Strategy For California
Governor Newsom Announces Water Strategy For California
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SAN FRANCISCO: Drought-stricken California has announced a new water strategy to adapt to hotter, drier conditions, as officials anticipate extreme weather could reduce water supply by up to 10% by 2040 in the most populous US state.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced efforts to increase water supply and adapt to increasingly extreme weather patterns to replace and replenish what the state will lose due to thirstier soils, vegetation, and the atmosphere, as per reports.

According to a statement from the Governor's office, Newsom's announcement follows USD 8 billion in state investments over the last two years to help store, recycle, de-salt, and conserve the water needed to keep up with the increasing pace of climate change, generating enough water in the future for more than 8.4 million households by 2040.

The steps, as described in a strategy plan, include investing in new water supply sources, speeding projects, and updating how the state handles water through new technologies.

"The strategy prioritises activities to capture, recycle, de-salt, and preserve more water to help make up for the water supplies California may lose over the next two decades," it said.

"The best evidence indicates that we must act now to prepare for California's water future. Climate change implies that drought will not only last for two years at a time as it has in the past; extreme weather is now a permanent presence in the American West, and California will adapt to this new reality "Newsom was quoted as saying in the statement.

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