California’s drought isn’t a secret. It’s been up in lights on freeway billboards. Water agencies have tucked pleas to cut back into envelopes with bills. 
There’s no rain in sight. Some people looking ahead to winter are even predicting a “dry El Niño,” whatever that means. If ever there were a time to put your water to work, it’s now.
I started just before the pleas and billboards. I wanted to see how much fortitude it would take and how much water could be saved.
Warning: I’ve done some things that are normal and a few that are patently weird, but they all add up to water savings – a lot.
California has run ahead of lots of other states in household water conservation. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the average More
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