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Bay Area residents & Imperial Valley farmers being asked to conserve,

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 25, 2007 at 3:35 pm

More calls for conservation in the Bay Area as the region records its seventh driest year in eight decades.

The East Bay Municipal Water District is asking for a 15% cutback from its users. Residents are being asked to cutback their outdoor watering to only three times a week, and to restrict outdoor water use during daytime hours. Large industrial users are being asked to cutback 25%.

Two weeks earlier, the San Francisco Public Utilities District asked residents for voluntary conservation of 10%, and water restrictions begin in Santa Cruz on May 1st.

Meanwhile, the farmers in the Imperial Irrigation District are struggling with the mandatory cutbacks required in order to reduce California’s draw on the Colorado River. Here’s the report from the California Farm Bureau.

The New York Times ran a story about the ongoing drought in the West. For the full story, click here.

April 25, 2007 · Filed Under Conservation, Drought, Weather & Snowpack, General Water Issues

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