Mother Nature Network: As expected, California lawmakers have officially approved a switch that would see the establishment and enforcement of water conservation goals shift back into the hands of local urban districts from the state. Enacted in 2015, California's statewide conservation order required individual districts to reach savings of at least 20 percent. In some particularly parched areas, the mandate was set as high as 36 percent.
As the San Francisco Chronicle notes: "State officials, who approved the change...