A drought warning calls for local officials to increase pressure to conserve - but without instituting mandatory measures.

"It says if the voluntary programs don't work, the state can provide mandatory measures, but we're a long way from that."

The Bush administration has rejected that approach, saying climate science remains too uncertain to justify mandatory measures.

Volunteerism works a lot better when it is matched up with mandatory measures.

Patients have to comply with mandatory contraceptive measures.

Mr. Campbell has not disclosed what mandatory measures he is considering.

She and other officials said some mandatory measures would be included in the plan.

The mandatory measures concern equipment on board and lay down a set of security measures.

I support all mandatory measures and instruments for Member State cooperation on shared groundwater bodies.

If this House calls for some of all this to be made mandatory, then legislative measures from the Commission are no longer far away.