July 17, 2017 -- Can a city, especially one scarred by drought, embrace significant increases in population and new development without dipping deeper into a troubled water supply?

The City of Santa Monica began testing that equation this month with a law limiting water use for new residential and commercial development to the existing level of use, which is the lowest since the 1990s ("Santa Monica Launches Program to Cap Water Use," June 14, 2017).

Read More:  https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2017/July-2017/07_17_2017_Santa_Monica_Water_Neutrality_Law_Begins_with_Trickle_of_Doubts.html