Agencies step up campaign urging water conservation

RIVERSIDE - Water agencies throughout the Inland Empire are uniting to promote the need for greater conservation as the state contends with its worst drought in decades.

''By collaborating, we are able to reach more people with the message that they are a vital part of the solution,'' said Bob Tincher, manager of water resources for the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District. ''It is time for the IE to show the rest of the state that we take water conservation seriously.''

Riverside Public Utilities, the city of Corona, the Moreno Valley-based Western Municipal Water District and a doz...