Calfornia ##bank . com 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 lush landscape of lush yards , emerald golf courses and aquamarine swimming pools . The crackdown continues 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 .
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 .