Mandatory Water Restriction To Hit Region
La Jolla Light
April 22, 2009
Mandatory water cutbacks are on their way to San Diego County this summer.
The Metropolitan Water District, which supplies the majority of the water used in the county, recently voted to reduce the region's water supply by 13 percent beginning July 1.
Drought and regulatory restraints on supplies from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta prompted the district to restrict the amount of water it will deliver to six Southern California counties for the first time in 18 years.
That means less water for the San Diego County Water Authority to distribute among each of its 24 retail agencies, including the cities of Del Mar and San Diego, and the Santa Fe Irrigation District, which serves Rancho Santa Fe and Solana Beach.
"We knew there was going to be some reduction in water supplies," said John Liarakos, spokesman for the county Water Authority. "But it was down from what we thought in February was going to be a 20 percent cut."
However, the Water Authority does not anticipate customers will feel the full 13 percent reduction because it has built up supplies from other sources, including the Imperial Valley.
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