Orange County Grand Jury • 2007-2008

Water Budgets, Not Water Rationing

Published: May 13, 2008 13 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings

F1
Opportunities for further water conservation exist especially with regard to landscape watering.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Continue to emphasize methods and availability of tools that assist the customers in understanding weather-based irrigation practices by: 10 • 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
F2
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 to finding F-1 is required from MWDOC Responses to findings F-1 and F-2 are required from the following Water Districts and City Water Departments: East Orange County Water District City of Buena Park El Toro Water District City of Fountain Valley Emerald Bay Service District City of Fullerton Irvine Ranch Water District City of Garden Grove Laguna Beach County Water District City of Huntington Beach Mesa Consolidated Water District City of La Habra Moulton Niguel Water District City of La Palma Santa Margarita Water District City of Newport Beach Serrano Water District City of Orange South Coast Water District City of San Clemente Trabuco Canyon Water District City of San Juan Capistrano Yorba Linda Water District City of Santa Ana City of Anaheim City of Seal Beach City of Brea City of Tustin City of Westminster RECOMMENDATIONS In accordance with California Penal Code sections 933 and 933.05, each recommendation will be responded to by the government entity to which it is addressed. The responses are to be submitted to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court. Based on the findings of this report, the 2007-2008 Orange County Grand Jury makes the following recommendations:
No recommendations for this finding

Conclusions 1

Agency Responses 17

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