Glendale implements new mandatory water conservation requirements while officials contemplate a supply alert.
Northern California, which has been hit particularly hard by extreme drought and recent heat waves, has already seen water restrictions this year. Last week, state regulatorsthat will bar thousands of Californians from diverting stream and river water.
If the MWD board moves forward with an alert declaration next week, it would trigger a regional call to reduce water usage and mitigate the use of stored water. It would also ask water agencies to consider what they can do to help consumers reduce their water use. “While Southern California continues to have water in storage, we want these reserves to last, should we be facing a prolonged drought,” Kimitch said, noting that “even when the rains return, it will be harder to build back our reserves because our mountains are so dry.”Metropolitan last issued a water supply alert in 2014, before moving into an even more restrictive phase in 2015, she said. It was reduced amid the wetter years of 2016 and 2017.
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