The Wet ’n Wild, in Palm Springs. In an effort to cut consumption, California officials are encouraging people to cool off at group facilities instead of in back-yard pools.
CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY LUCY NICHOLSON /REUTERS VIA LANDOV

At 11 A.M. on Saturday, May 9th, four days after California’s water board approved restrictions designed to cut water use by twenty-five per cent in urban areas, passed in response to the state’s severe drought, Northern California’s biggest water park, Raging Waters, in San Jose, opened its gates for the season. It was a slightly overcast morning, but I arrived shortly before opening time to find the parking lot filling up rapidly. Eager children loitered around the entrance, craning their necks to get glimpses of the empty slides and pools, while their parents carried bags of towels, coolers, and newly minted season passes and tickets.

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