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Saving water may be a must for Glendale residents; Past voluntary conservation effort yielded results, but it didn’t do enough, water official says

Posted by: Maven on June 22, 2009 at 7:08 am

From the Glendale News-Press:

Residents will either have to reduce household water use by 10% or limit outdoor watering to certain days, according to a revised Glendale Water & Power mandatory water conservation proposal.

The City Council on Tuesday will consider both options before deciding which one to bring back for introduction as an ordinance next week in order to help keep the city within its reduced water allotment from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Mandatory conservation, if approved by the council, would take effect in August, a month after Metropolitan, which supplies up to 70% of the Glendale’s water, reduces shipments to its member agencies by 10% as a result of a statewide water crisis.

Last June, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared an official statewide drought and directed all water agencies to significantly increase water conservation efforts and implement stricter ordinances. At the time, Glendale Water & Power had enacted a 10% voluntary conservation effort, but that has yielded average cutbacks of only 4%, officials said.

“We got some conservation, but we didn’t get enough,” said Glendale Water & Power General Manager Glenn Steiger.

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June 22, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation, Southern California

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