Calaveras Public Utility District – State water board may lift connection moratorium
The California State Water Resourced Control Board is considering whether to lift a moratorium on new water service connections in San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill, an official for the agency said this week.
Bruce Burton, the assistant deputy director of Northern California Drinking Water Field Operations, said in an email that the agency, at the request of the Calaveras Public Utility District, is reviewing the compliance order that imposed the moratorium in October 2014.
The moratorium came as California’s epic drought forced state water authorities to conduct an unprecedented review of water rights and supplies on the state’s rivers. The State Water Resources Control board concluded that CPUD, which serves an area that includes San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill, does not have rights to a “reliable” water source during droughts. Because of that finding, the state authorities barred CPUD from providing water to any new customers.
