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Typically detailed, thoughtful John Fleck piece on water consumption in California…and Palm Springs.  A new report compiled by California’s Department of Water Resources (pdf) puts the Desert Water Agency’s consumption at 736 gallons per person per day. Here in Albuquerque, we’re at 150. Compare that to, say, Sydney, Australia, which is down to 83. TheContinue reading “Palm Springs outstrips CA’s water use by 500 gllns a day”