CALIFORNIA LAUNDRIES MAY FACE MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION

From Coin Laundry News, June, 2009

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies.

As the region’s wholesale supplier of water imported from Northern California and the Colorado River, Metropolitan water district provides water to most all water districts in southern -California. All residents rely on the same regional water reserves, so they must reduce water use and use it more efficiently.

Based on a recent MWD board of director action, laundries this summer, for the first time in 18 years, will face mandatory water conservation restrictions. Each of the 26 water districts serviced by MWD will create their own individual rules and restrictions. Drought, limited water reserves and worsening environmental and regulatory conditions are the principal cause.

Up to 19 million Southern Californians will feel the impact of a new water reality that has been in the making for years, if not decades. It amounts to about a 20 percent reduction in water availability for Southern California.

After consecutive dry years in the Sierra Nevada, the most-recent snow survey of the winter season indicates snow pack water -content is 81 percent below normal. MWD relies on snow water delivered from Northern California via the State Water Project.

In the face of Delta environmental restrictions, the statewide drought and low reservoir levels, various agencies established a 20 percent allocation of State Water Project deliveries to Metropolitan. On the Colorado River, Metropolitan cannot expect additional deliveries as that watershed has yet to recover from eight years of record drought.

The challenge is to achieve a careful balance that maintains supplies critical to our economy and well being and conserve our remaining resources to assure that Southern California has water for the coming years.

Metropolitan’s board approved an 8.8 percent increase in the district’s base wholesale water rate plus a $69-per-acre-foot Delta surcharge. The effects of the rate adjustment and Delta surcharge on southland consumers will depend on how much of Metropolitan’s imported water is purchased by their local water agency to augment supplies, such as groundwater and recycled supplies.

Laundries, and other major water users will be affected by the restrictions and heavy fees that are expected to follow, if and when they exceed the water consumptions limits.

Date:-05/28/2011
By:-Admin


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	CALIFORNIA LAUNDRIES MAY FACE MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION *From Coin Laundry News, June, 2009* The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies. As the region’s wholesale supplier of water imported from Northern California and the Colorado River, Metropolitan water district provides water to most all water districts in southern -California. All residents rely on the same regional water reserves, so they must reduce water use and use it more efficiently. Based on a recent MWD board of director action, laundries this summer, for the first time in 18 years, will face mandatory water conservation restrictions. Each of the 26 water districts serviced by MWD will create their own individual rules and restrictions. Drought, limited water reserves and worsening environmental and regulatory conditions are the principal cause. Up to 19 million Southern Californians will feel the impact of a new water reality that has been in the making for years, if not decades. It amounts to about a 20 percent reduction in water availability for Southern California. After consecutive dry years in the Sierra Nevada, the most-recent snow survey of the winter season indicates snow pack water -content is 81 percent below normal. MWD relies on snow water delivered from Northern California via the State Water Project. In the face of Delta environmental restrictions, the statewide drought and low reservoir levels, various agencies established a 20 percent allocation of State Water Project deliveries to Metropolitan. On the Colorado River, Metropolitan cannot expect additional deliveries as that watershed has yet to recover from eight years of record drought. The challenge is to achieve a careful balance that maintains supplies critical to our economy and well being and conserve our remaining resources to assure that Southern California has water for the coming years. Metropolitan’s board approved an 8.8 percent increase in the district’s base wholesale water rate plus a $69-per-acre-foot Delta surcharge. The effects of the rate adjustment and Delta surcharge on southland consumers will depend on how much of Metropolitan’s imported water is purchased by their local water agency to augment supplies, such as groundwater and recycled supplies. Laundries, and other major water users will be affected by the restrictions and heavy fees that are expected to follow, if and when they exceed the water consumptions limits. Date:-05/28/2011 By:-Admin