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Pico Rivera and Whittier to rely on voluntary cutbacks, see no need for water rationing

Posted by: Maven on May 5, 2009 at 7:37 am

From the Whittier Daily News:

Drought? What drought? Not here. At least most of the water utilities won’t be imposing any rationing on water use by their customers.

The reason is that the cities of Pico Rivera and Whittier, Pico Water District and Suburban Water Systems receive little, if no water from the Metropolitan Water District. That’s the massive agency that brings in water from the Colorado River and Northern California and then sells it in Southern California.

The drought that has afflicted California has MWD requiring its water agencies to cut back by 10 percent. But many local water officials say they can pretty much ignore MWD’s cutbacks. “We’re not doing mandatory conservation because it’s not necessary,” said David Pelser, director of public works. “The city has been good at living within the water rights allocated to us.”

In part, it’s because the city hasn’t had a lot of growth in the area it serves – mostly the west and uptown areas of town – said Leon Yehuda, city engineer. “We haven’t had a huge increase in population unlike most other cities,” Yehuda said, referring to the past 70 to 80 years.

There are other water districts in the area in the same situation. For more from the Whittier Daily News, click here.

May 5, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California, Storage and supply

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