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# Letter: Time to treat drought with urgency
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-time-treat-drought-urgency/
- Published: 2015-03-09T13:15:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:37:07.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, California, conservation, Dennis R. Malm, drought, letters to the editor, Santa Monica, sustainability, water, water use, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

Editor:

It's time we stop watering our grass and other plants around our houses and businesses.

It's time we place large barrels around our homes and businesses to collect rainwater coming off our roofs. It's time we do everything we can to save water and conserve water more than we ever have in the past.

Doing the above and more will help us make it through the summer and beyond.

California is having its worst drought in 1,200 years. This is scary. We are in uncharted territory.

Dennis R. Malm  
*Santa Monica*