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An LA resident just powered through enough water for nearly 100 homes - and the city won't name them

Nov 23, 2015, 02:50 IST

The Colorado River Aqueduct is seen in Hayfield Lake, California, United States May 18, 2015. California water regulators have adopted the state's first rules for mandatory cutbacks in urban water use as the region's catastrophic drought enters its fourth year. Some communities will be required to trim water use by as much as 36 percent. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

California is in the middle of its fourth year in drought. Experts say it's the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years.

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Horacio Cisneros spays spa water in a backyard before removing the spa, in Lake Elsinore, Calif. As residents struggle to reduce potable water consumption by 25 percent, the California Pool and Spa Association is aggressively trying to quash proposed bans on filling pools and spas.Chris Carlson

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