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As most Southlanders welcomed the season's first rainfall and prepared for the annual ritual of turning back their clocks with the end of daylight savings this weekend, officials with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California pressed consumers to roll back their outdoor watering practices, as well.

By Gig Conaughton, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Dec. 28--Nobody has worried this much about water in Southern California since 1991, when the 1987-92 drought prompted the state's last mandatory water rationing.

By Jamahl Peters, The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Dec. 10--The continuing drought coupled with the preservation of an endangered species has led to water cutbacks that could leave the agricultural industry high and dry.

Teams from 46 Southern California high schools have launched Metropolitan Water District's 2008 Solar Cup™ program in which students build, equip and race solar-powered boats, learning hands-on lessons in engineering and natural resources management on the way to the May 18 finish line.