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Subject: Nation's largest water supplier declares drought emergency
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The people are not cooperating:

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for residents and businesses to cut their water use by 15%. But since then, residents have reduced water use by just 5.2%, according to the State Water Resources Control Board.

So now they can drink their own flushed toilet water:

Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Water District is investing in what could become the world's largest water recycling system. Known as Pure Water, the initiative would recycle wastewater instead of sending it out into the ocean.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nations-largest-water-supplier-declares-drought-emergency-95329739

It's expensive to remove pharmaceuticals from wastewater, and less than ideal.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200108160330.htm