Wasting water is a major concern in Fresno, the city that just had its driest year on record.
Although Fresno County isn't under any mandate to scale back water use, officials say it's not a bad idea to do so anyway.
"I think we have a lot of people who are not seeing the problem or thinking that it's somebody else's problem, but it's all of our problem," says Fresno County Supervisor Henry Perea.
Perea says the Board of Supervisors is drafting a resolution to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to declare an emergency drought.
On the flip side, Perea says, Fresno needs to show its responding to its own emergency.
"It'd be a fair concern for the governor and for the federal folks before they release more water is them asking the question, 'What is it you're doing, Fresno County, to be as efficient as you can with the water that you have today?' And I don't think right now we can answer that question in a positive way," Perea says.
At Fresno's Water Division, a drought contingency plan is on hand in case Fresno follows in Sacramento's footsteps and orders its residents to reduce water. Tuesday night, the Sacramento City Council mandated that residents scale back their water use by 30 percent.
Martin Querin with the Fresno Water Division says the measures in Fresno's Drought Contingency Plan are extreme and premature at this point.
"If our public will conserve and do their part, we're hoping that we won't have to implement any draconian conservation measures," Querin says.
Possible measures in Fresno include scaling back water use and increasing rates.
"Increases in the rates to both encourage water conservation, but also to fund the replacement of water because there's not going to be water coming in, which means in the future, we've got to buy it," Querin says.
While the Central Valley waits on Gov. Brown to declare an official drought, Fresno leaders say water restrictions in Fresno are not out of the question.
"It is possible that the [Fresno] city council could always decide to act. I would just be suspicious of any knee-jerk reaction right now. I want to see how everything plays out," says Fresno City Councilman Clint Olivier.