Southern Californians are being praised for their water conservation during the ongoing drought. As a result, there are sufficient water supplies to get through the next three years.
The Metropolitan Water District’s ‘stress test’ means it will not be forced into mandatory conservation.
No place has been hit harder by the California drought than Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley. By now, most Americans have read or heard stories about residential wells going dry in the county’s rural towns, such as East Porterville, Orosi and Cutler.
But it has remained unclear how water shortages are affecting people in these towns. How do they cope without running water in their kitchens and bathrooms? How has this affected their physical health and mental well-being?
The lifeblood of greater Los Angeles runs through the Coachella Valley, coursing through a series of tunnels bored into the rugged foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains.
The 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct — constructed from 1933 to 1941 by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — stretches from Parker Dam at the Arizona border to Lake Mathews in western Riverside County. Since June 1941, it’s provided water to millions of residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding counties.
San Diegans reduced water consumption by 26 percent last month, the second straight month of strong conservation throughout the region, the County Water Authority reported today.
The May reduction figure followed a 23 percent cutback in April, compared to the same months in 2013, the baseline used by state water officials.
The San Diego County Water Authority and Poseidon Water won the Grand Golden Watchdog award Thursday at the San Diego County Taxpayers Association‘s 21st annual Goldens Dinner.
The regional water agency and developer earned the honor for the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, which began producing drinking water in December. Because of the added supply, state water officials eased mandated conservation targets for San Diego-area water districts.
San Diegans reduced water consumption by 26 percent last month, the second straight month of strong conservation throughout the region, the County Water Authority reported Thursday.
The May reduction figure followed a 23 percent cutback in April, compared to the same months in 2013, the baseline used by state water officials.
Rep. Susan Davis‘ efforts to secure federal funding to expand the Sweetwater desalination facility have paid off with a $3.7 million grant. Davis on Wednesday announced the grant from the Department of the Interior that will pay for doubling the capacity of the Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility. “This funding will provide some much needed relief from the drought conditions we have been experiencing in California,” said Davis.
Based on calculations required under a state-mandated “stress test,” the agency said it had enough water to satisfy anticipated demand over those years.
“We’re not projecting a shortfall based on this stress test,” the Metropolitan Water District’s Brandon Goshi said. “I think the results show that under those challenging conditions, we have available water supply.”
The agency anticipates its customers would require 5.2 million acre feet of water, if the drought lasts another three years. Tallying up resources from the State Water Project, Colorado River Aqueduct and from storage, the MWD anticipates it can meet every drop of that demand.
Thanks primarily to residents’ conservation efforts, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California announced Wednesday that it has sufficient supplies to meet the water demands of its member agencies for the next three years.
But don’t relax your efforts to save water: Officials say the need to conserve is definitely not over yet.
MWD officials said the analysis of its water supplies was mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board, which ended its mandatory conservation program last month and asked agencies throughout the state to review their supplies for the next three years.
Thanks primarily to residents’ conservation efforts, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California announced Wednesday that it has sufficient supplies to meet the water demands of its member agencies for the next three years.
But don’t relax your efforts to save water: Officials say the need to conserve is definitely not over yet. MWD officials said the analysis of its water supplies was mandated by the State Water Resources Control Board, which ended its mandatory conservation program last month and asked agencies throughout the state to review their supplies for the next three years.
