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<P>e-Newswire #550: Federal Energy Bill's Efficiency Provisions &
more</P></FONT>
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target=_blank name=headline2><U>Without Conservation, California Water Use Would
Grow 40% by 2030 </U></A><BR><SPAN class=newsbody>A report by the Public Policy
Institute of California underscores the need for water conservation, water
planning and recycling (essential also for conserving energy, since the pumping
and treating of water takes up more than 10% of statewide energy use). If
current water use rates are maintained, within 25 years the state will be using
40% more water. Much of that would be used for watering lawns, with half of the
state's 14 million projected new residents moving to the thirsty Sacramento, San
Joaquin and western San Bernardino and Riverside counties. (Half of all the
water used by inland homeowners goes to irrigating yards, compared to one third
or less on the cooler coast.) The report advocates for improved water planning
and the increased use of conservation tools such as tiered water rates that
charge high-use customers more. <BR><A class=newslink
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href="http://www.icebase.com/go.shtml?20050809173058869057&m20900&http://www.fypower.org/pdf/PPIC_Water05.pdf"
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Stokely<BR>Principal Planner<BR>Trinity Co.
Planning/Natural Resources<BR>PO Box 156<BR>Hayfork, CA
96041-0156<BR>530-628-5949<BR>FAX 628-5800</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>