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TUOLUMNE UTILITIES DISTRICT TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING FOR HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL
SONORA, CA: Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD) has been approved to receive partial reimbursement of funds from the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) to help combat the tree mortality issue facing the District.
Dead or dying trees pose a significant threat to TUD water infrastructure by falling onto or around TUD facilities including water tanks, buildings and TUD’s 71 miles of ditch system which delivers water to most of the population in Tuolumne County. Falling trees will significantly damage water tanks, water treatment plant buildings and completely block open ditches causing severe erosional damage or uprooting of ditch berms causing ditch failure, system damage and water outages.
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PCWA BOARD COMMITS TO WATER RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP
AUBURN, CA: In a show of good faith and commitment to water resources stewardship, the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) Board of Directors adopted a resolution, at its February 18 meeting, directing staff to take the necessary actions to achieve PCWA’s state-mandated conservation target, despite recovering local supplies. The action followed the Board’s decision to rescind the Agency’s declared water shortage emergency, which has been in effect since February of 2014.
“As an Agency governed by the California water code, we are required to rescind our emergency declaration when local supplies have been replenished,” PCWA General Manager, Einar Maisch said. “However, the statewide system has not fully recovered from the drought. As a result, we are seeking continued cooperation from our customers to conserve.”
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EID WATER USE DOWN BY 25 PERCENT IN JANUARY, CONSERVATION MANDATE EXTENDED THROUGH OCTOBER 2016
For the month of January, EID customers reduced their water use by 25 percent compared to January 2013. The cumulative water savings since June 2015 remains at 30 percent.
Contact: Jesse Saich, (530) 642-4127, jsaich@eid.org
PLACERVILLE, CA — For the month of January, EID customers reduced their water use by 25 percent compared to January 2013. The cumulative water savings since June 2015 remains at 30 percent.
EID is required to reduce its water consumption by 28 percent from June 2015 through February 2016, compared to the same months in 2013, under a mandate issued by the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board).
On February 2, the State Water Board adopted an extended and revised emergency regulation that extends restrictions on water use through October 2016. The action follows Governor Brown’s November 13, 2015, executive order directing the State Water Board to extend the emergency water conservation regulation should drought conditions persist through January 2016.
The revised emergency regulation provides “credits” that recognize certain factors that affect water use in three ways. The first considers the differences in climate that affect different parts of the state. The second provides a mechanism to reflect water-efficient growth experienced by urban areas. The third recognizes significant investments made by suppliers toward creating new, local, drought-resilient sources of potable water supply.
“We are exploring every avenue to reduce our customers’ conservation requirement,” said EID Public Information Officer Jesse Saich. “Of the three ways to get credits, it’s likely we’ll get the credit from the climate adjustment. We will be submitting data to the State Water Resources Control Board by February 22, and will be requesting a four percent reduction from our current 28 percent requirement.”
