Blog: The Making Conservation a California Way of Life Framework – what it is and what it means
In 2024, after years of deliberation, California water officials adopted landmark rules that will guide future water use and conservation in the state. The “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework went into effect at the beginning of 2025 and requires compliance by 2027. The framework is intended to help preserve water supplies as climate change drives hotter, drier conditions and droughts become more frequent and longer lasting, and is expected to help save 500,000 acre-feet of water annually by 2040. That is enough to supply more than 1.4 million households for a year.
Other water conservation news:
- Digging Into Land Use Law (Nossaman LLP): Podcast: Making Conservation a California Way of Life Framework – details on the regulations that may revolutionize the way water is used and projects are developed in California
- Public Policy Institute of California: Blog: Better accounting for California’s water
- California Department of Water Resources: News release: DRIP Collaborative second-year milestones: State-led drought task force moves to strengthen California’s drought and water shortage resilience
