Orange County Grand Jury
• 2007-2008
• Agency Response
Response to:
Irvine Ranch Water District
IbvUE Ranch Water*
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
F1
Opportunities for further water conservation exist especially with regard to landscape watering. The respondent agrees with the finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Continue to emphasize methods and availability of tools that assist the 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 IRWD has already implemented this recommendation. IRWD has a 24-hour customer service line which serves as a hotline for any customer inquiries regarding landscape irrigation information. It is staffed by representatives during regular office hours and an after-hours service is available for any leak reports. IRWD also provides a dedicated phone line that provides evapotranspiration (ET) data in English and Spanish. This information, used to calculate landscape irrigation requirements, is updated on a weekly basis. IRWD has a full-time landscape conservation specialist, who is a Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, on staff. IRWD's landscape conservation specialist is available to respond to telephone inquiries, as well as provide on-site assistance and recommendations regarding landscape irrigation. IRWD also provides landscape irrigation information in its monthly billing inserts as well • as on the IRWD website. MWDOC has indicated that it will be providing the soil texture map and developing the Orange County specific water calculator, and therefore implementing those elements of the recommendation. * . ? Ţ IRWD Response to Orange County Grand Jury Report "Water Budgets, Not Water Rationing" December 2, 2008
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 and further conservation. The respondent agrees with the finding. IRWD was also required to respond to four recommendations R-1, R-2a, R-2b and R-2c:
No recommendations for this finding
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