Water Budgets, Not Water Rationing*

Published: August 14, 2007 3 pages

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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings

Opportunities for further water conservation exist especially with regard to landscape watering. Response: The City agrees with the finding.

Related Recommendations (1)

Continue to emphasize methods and availability of tools that assist customers in understanding weather-based irrigation practices by: Providing a hotline for assisting the public with landscape irrigation information. Providing a countywide soil texture map on the MWDOC website. Developing an Orange County specific water calculator on the MWDOC website. ء بر Orange County Grand Jury Report: "Water Budgets, Not Water Rationing" dated May 14, 2008 August 18, 2008 The City notes that these recommendations have not yet been Response: implemented by the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC). The City understands that MWDOC has committed to implementation of the Grand Jury's recommendations regarding weather-based irrigation practices by November 20, 2008 on behalf of itself and its retail member agencies in Orange County.

Conservation pricing, or tiered pricing, with a fair and reasonable base allotment, followed by tiers of higher rates, can be an effective tool to motivate further conservation. Response: The City agrees with the finding. Grand Jury Recommendations

No recommendations for this finding

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