Los Angeles is experiencing a drought that is the region’s worst in 1,200 years, according to this Fast Company article, and as it appears climate change may make it a long-lasting phenomenon, the city is considering more dramatic action. Lawns are discouraged and L.A. offers residents a rebate for planting drought-resistant plants instead. A ban on watering is a possibility this fall, the article says, and in time “non-functional grass” could be obsolete in the city like it is in Las Vegas. More efficient appliances have helped L.A. save water over the last 20 years as it has gained more than one million new residents and the city is seeing more opportunity to capture the rain that does fall in the region and recycle it. By installing new filtration technology at a local sewage treatment plant, wastewater will be able to be filtered so it’s clean enough for reuse. Between miniscule and major changes that are coming due, L.A. is just starting a decades-long journey of water management and infrastructure planning.