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Three Valleys passes conservation ordinance

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 2, 2009 at 6:50 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

The Three Valleys Municipal Water District recently approved a conservation ordinance to limit water usage by Cal Poly Pomona, Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut and the Firestone Scout Reservation. Water irrigation hours as well as runoff will be curtailed, according to the ordinance. The three entities will also have to reduce their water usage by 10 percent from 72,000 acre feet to 64,000 acre feet.

The district board approved the measure by a 6 to 1 vote. Board member Xavier Alvarez voted against the ordinance

Board president Bob Kuhn said he voted for the ordinance because of the state’s water shortage as well as to help the entities get a grant from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. “There’s no doubt in my mind there’s a water shortage in Southern California right now,” Kuhn said. “It’s more or at least 50 percent man-made but there’s a shortage.”

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July 2, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation

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