Orange County Grand Jury
• 2007-2008
• Agency Response
Response to:
City of Seal Beach
Seal Beach, California*
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
F1
Opportunities for further water conservation exist especially with regard to landscape watering. RESPONSE The City of Seal Beach 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 RESPONSE The City of Seal Beach notes that the recommendation has not yet been implemented, but MWDOC has committed to implementation of these recommendations by November 20, 2008 on behalf of itself and its member agencies.
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 The City of Seal Beach agrees with the finding. GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATIONS
No recommendations for this finding
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