While it's still too early to tell if the water conservation awareness efforts of county water utilities have had an effect, authorities are optimistic that they will be able to decrease water consumption county-wide by 10 percent as mandated by Governor Sonny Perdue. "All of us are shooting for the 10 percent," said Mike Hopkins, executive director of the Newton County Water and Sewage Authority. "I don't think realistically all of us will meet it.