A group of state and local water system officials gathered at Google’s Mountain View campus recently to tout the benefits of conservation as California faces the likely prospect of a fourth consecutive year of drought.

Standing amid landscaping and office space designed to reduce potable water use by 60 percent compared to similar facilities, participants repeatedly emphasized the need for across-the-board water use reduction throughout the state.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.