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OC Water Hero
Be Water Wise
Sprinkler Tips
WaterSmart Plant List" at www.san-clemente.org/WaterSmartSC
As you are no doubt aware, due to ongoing drought conditions water supplies are being cut throughout Southern California. Most cities, counties, and water purveyors are implementing new rules to deal with these cutbacks. Many agencies refer to the current scenario as a “Level 2” condition, and each one is dealing with the situation in their own manner. To obtain specific information regarding the restrictions applicable to your site please visit the websites for your city, county, and water purveyor. Cross-reference the information from each of them so that you have all of the necessary information.
SMWD. pdf
Water Restriction Letter.pdf
OC Water Hero
Become an OC Water Hero. Pledge to save 20 gallons of water each day by filling out the pledge form. Once the form is received, OC Water Hero will send you the official OC Water Hero Kit.
Each kit includes:
A water hero badge, a water waster "fix it" ticket pad, a water conservation magnet, a shower timer, a flying disc and activity sheets
Be Water Wise
A federal court has curtailed water deliveries from northern California due to environmental factors in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. And, after a record dry spring that dramatically curtailed snow runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountains, Governor Schwarzenegger declared an official statewide drought on June 4, 2008.
Following the Governor’s action, the Metropolitan board of directors issued a Water Supply Alert on June 10 for its six-county service area, urging local jurisdictions to adopt and implement water conservation ordinances and to significantly increase efforts and programs to conserve water.
The Colorado River, the other major source of imported supplies for Metropolitan, has experienced drought conditions for eight of the last nine years.
Since the drought in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Metropolitan enacted a plan to improve water supplies during dry conditions. The Integrated Resources Plan called for increasing Metropolitan’s ability to store wet-year surplus supplies from the Colorado River and Northern California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The goal has been to increase reserves. As of 2007, enough water in reserve was available to help Metropolitan withstand up to three successive dry years.
Worsening environmental conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta now challenge Metropolitan’s ability to replenish reserves in wet years. Prolonged dry conditions in California have reduced available supplies.
Metropolitan has tapped its reserves to maintain deliveries to its 26 member agencies. But the reserves are not unlimited. With water uncertainties facing Southern California, the challenge ahead is to lower demand and stretch our reserve supplies as much as possible.
Sprinkler Tips
water.PDF
As of December 2008, Metropolitan Water District's water supply reserves were at approximately 1,770,000 Acre-Feet (40% of normal). An Acre-Foot is enough water to cover a football field a foot deep with water and could satisfy the needs of two families of 4 for a year.
Further water supply restrictions in the Delta (Northern California) are projected along with another year of lower than normal snow and rainfall. Using water wisely in 2009 isn't just a theme but a necessity.
