A quiet retirement community in Carmel seems a most unlikely candidate to be listed among state's top water users — but California water data showed the Hacienda Carmel Retirement Community had reported using roughly 8.36 million acre-feet from the Carmel River in 2010 — more than Los Angeles or San Francisco.

"Obviously 8 million acre feet is a small inland sea, so it's just not reasonable," said accountant Jeanne Mileti. "It was just a clerical error, so I'm talking to them and getting it rectified discount prada handbags."

The 300-home condo community was built in 1962 on about 50 acres next to the Carmel River, said general manager Robert Hedberg.

The facility uses its water rights to irrigate the grounds, including the trees and lawns. But, out of sensitivity to the state's water shortage, the community recently started converting to drought-resistant landscaping and installing rainwater collection barrels to conserve water 預測Angelababy 黃曉明未來一年的發展.

"We have made a good start at changing over because we recognize the need for change in that regard," Hedberg said finance company.