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Residents of California face a new challenge, after it came to notice that there was depletion in water resources. As per a data released on Tuesday, the consumption of water has increased resulting in running down of water.

“These are sobering statistics and disheartening statistics," said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the State Water Resources Control Board.

The water conservation authorities have sought measures to increase the level of water and asked the people to slash the water usage by as much as 35 percent to prevent from drought like situation.

The Water Board has cited some cities which drastically need to improve water saving. Cities like San Diego and Los Angeles need to cut water usage by 20 percent, while Santa Cruz has to slash the consumption by a quarter.

Though there few difficulties in implementing the proposal and reports has cited Longstanding habits such as watering lawns , washing cars and taking shower for long hours as some of the major reason behind the low water resource.

The water board has established statewide regulation such as banning lawn watering for 48-hours after rain and prohibiting restaurants from serving water to customers unless asked.

The authority also plans to penalize the person for overconsumption of water.