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Water overreach: The Rancho California Water District should find a less drastic way to address tight water supplies than just shutting off the tap for growth, says editorial

Posted by: Maven on October 11, 2009 at 10:10 pm

From the Riverside Press-Enterprise, this editorial:

“The Rancho California Water District should find a less drastic way to address tight water supplies than just shutting off the tap for growth. A moratorium on water service to new development is too blunt a tool to use for a task that requires more delicacy.

The water district’s Board of Directors plans to consider temporarily blocking new water hookups and withholding water guarantees for new development — although the board last week did not set a date for weighing the issue.

The district faces a water squeeze because of drought and court-ordered cutbacks in water exports from Northern California. The district imports 65 percent of its water, and that imported supply serves all new growth. But the agency’s water supplier, Metropolitan Water District, slashed deliveries by 10 percent in July. …”

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October 11, 2009 · Filed Under Development & Population

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