Water conservation starts with you

Del Mar City, CA-New clean water service fees enacted by the Del Mar City Council and approved by residents through a mail ballot, contain an interesting new charge. Besides a flat service charge, for the first time the city is adding a monthly charge based on volume of water usage. At their meeting last week, City Council members also began the process of updating city codes to allow for water rationing.

Welcome to the California drought.

Expect moves like Del Mar’s to become increasingly more common with harsher restrictions to follow in many areas.

Cities have begun considering a drought conservation program that instills levels of severity in regard to water usage. Level One would simply encourage voluntary conservation, Level Two would require a reduction in consumption by as much as 20 percent and Level Three would put a moratorium on new development by not allowing new water meters. Level Four? Start collecting your buckets.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has already declared a water shortage emergency in the city and has threatened mandatory conservation this winter if conditions worsen. In Northern California, the source of the majority of our water, things are getting increasingly more difficult with limits on water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the creation of the state’s first water bank in 16 years. The bank would allow for more water to be piped to Southern California areas experiencing extreme water shortages – but at a price besides funds. Buyers would be required to drastically cut normal usage by their residents and businesses.

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Source: Del Mar Times

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