Catherine
Bowie is manager of external affairs for California American Water in Monterey,
CA. She received the 2008 Gold Quill Award for Excellence in Communication from
the International Association of Business Communicators for the Spring Into
Action campaign.
While the rest of California scrambles to comply with Gov.
Schwarzenegger’s call for a 20% statewide reduction in per capita water use by
2020, residents on the Monterey Peninsula can breathe a sigh of relief –
they’ve already achieved it and then some.