Calfornia Gov . Jerry Brown ordered a 25 percent overall cutback in water use by cities and towns in the state on Wednesday . This series of photos taken on Saturday show the ongoing drought is already taking its toll on once technicolor landscape of lush yards , emerald golf courses and aquamarine swimming pools . The California Department of Water Resources has released this photo showing how much water it expects to save over the next few months as part of an effort to cut down on the state's historic drought. State reservoirs have a year 's worth of water and with record low snowfall over the winter there wo n't be much to replenish them .
Calfornia Gov . Jerry Brown ordered a 25 percent overall cutback in water use by cities and towns in the state on Wednesday . This series of photos taken on Saturday show the ongoing drought is already taking its toll on once technicolor landscape of lush yards , emerald golf courses and aquamarine swimming pools . The crackdown comes as California and its nearly 40 million residents move toward a fourth summer of drought with no relief in sight . State reservoirs have a year 's worth of water and with record low snowfall over the winter there wo n't be much to replenish them .