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By Audrey Dilling

Any day now, The California State Water Resources Control Board will vote on whether to extend Governor Jerry Brown’s mandatory restrictions on water use.

Since June, the water restrictions have required urban residents to cut their consumption by 25% statewide. They were set to expire this month, but Governor Brown called on the board to extend them if drought conditions continued through January. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, most of the state is still experiencing drought that’s moderate to extreme.

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