CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Poll Finds Concern High Over Drought
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Californians believe the state’s water shortage is their most serious problem next to drugs, and 81% think more water storage facilities should be built, pollster Mervin Field’s researchers reported. They also said about one-third of all Californians are suspicious of the purity of their tap water, and that almost half of the state’s residents drink bottled or filtered water. The telephone survey of 1,100 California residents was conducted in late March and early April by the Field Institute.
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