December has delivered a powerful punch of storms to California. But the wet weather comes with a dry dose of reality: The state’s largest reservoirs remain badly depleted, projected water deliveries are low, wells are drying up, and the Colorado River’s water, already diminished by a megadrought, is severely overallocated.
As Southern California continues to grapple with record drought conditions, an upscale part of Los Angeles is reportedly cracking down on the worst celebrity violators by installing a piece of hardware called a "flow restrictor" that can dramatically reduce the flow of water to the stars' palatial properties.