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"The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority voted on Wednesday to repeal the drought watch, which was imposed in the spring, following the severity of the state's drought conditions.\"We\u2019re still urging people to be careful with their water use because we are still in a drought,\" Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority spokesman David Morris said.\u00A0Drought fines will no longer be doubled for any property owner caught wasting water.\"The first offense is a $20 fine, but under the drought watch, it would have been $40,\" said Morris.Morris said the drought situation is not as severe as it was earlier in the summer.According to Morris, the decision to repeal the drought watch was due to recent rainstorms as well as a drastic decrease in customers' water use.\"Last July, we used 600 million gallons more than we did this July,\" Morris said.However, the latest change does not mean water wasters will be given a free pass.\"Our water waste enforcement staff will still be out, checking out complaints about water waste,\" Morris said.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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