Laguna Beach calls for a voluntary reduction in water usage
Laguna Beach was named one of five national winners in the 9th annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation last year. There were 4,901 residents who made pledges to cut water usage by 15.6 million gallons.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
By Andrew TurnerStaff Writer
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Laguna Beach city officials are asking residents and local businesses to continue to fight persistent drought conditions by reducing the amount of water they use.
The appeal to the community comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom called on Californians to voluntarily scale back their water usage by 15% to combat dry weather conditions contributing to drought throughout much of the state.
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Wyland s National Mayor s Challenge for Water Conservation selected cities with the highest percentage of residents pledging to save water. (Shutterstock)
LAGUNA BEACH, CA Residents across the United States took part in the annual Wyland National Mayor s Challenge for Water Conservation by pledging to save more than three billion gallons of water over the next year, with Laguna Beach among the cities with the highest participation, it was announced Thursday.
The 10th annual campaign to promote water-resource resiliency ended with mayors from 42 states vying to see whose city could be the nation s most water-wise, according to the Orange County-based Wyland Foundation founded in 1993 by the artist to promote, protect and preserve the world s ocean, waterways and marine life.
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BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills Mayor Bob Wunderlich joined Mayors across the country in asking everyone to make a long-term commitment to manage water resources more wisely by taking part in the ‘Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation.’
Lauren Santillana, Public Information Coordinator for the city of Beverly Hills indicated in a press release that the Wyland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and preserving the world’s oceans, waterways and marine life, developed the challenge back in 2011 to reward the community for positive conservative actions.
According to the My Water Pledge website, “My Water Pledge is a friendly competition between cities across the US to see who can be the most “water-wise.” Mayors nationwide will challenge their residents to conserve water, energy and other natural resources on behalf of their city through a series of informative, easy-to-use pledges online.