Conservation helped avert more severe...

Conservation helped avert more severe water limits: "Water restrictions brought on by drought this year have forced many Americans to let the lawn brown and keep the pool empty. Count your blessings, experts say: It might have been worse. Federal statistics show that the amount of water taken from streams, lakes and other sources for each person has been falling since at least the early 1980s. In 1980, an average of nearly 2,000 gallons was collected for use per person. In 1995, 1,510 gallons per person was collected."