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January 29, 2009
2. Supply –
Dry parcel owners to get NID water in south county
Grass Valley
By Laura Brown
About 300 parcel owners in southern
NID’s board of directors this week approved a pilot program to bring raw water to ranchette acreage, mirroring a similar plan to take treated water to residents of
“They need water. They’ve been working for years to get raw water,” said Scott Miller, district
Owners of horse property living in Table Meadow and Golden Oaks have been irrigating pastures with water from poorly producing wells while a major NID canal flowed nearby.
Residents of the rural neighborhoods must approve the policy through a vote. Once approved, the project could start in 2011, Miller said.
The engineering and infrastructure is estimated to cost $30,000 to $50,000 per property owner over the course of 20 years, Miller said.
NID will loan the money up front in the form of bonds. Property owners will pay it back over time, at around 5 percent interest, Miller said.
A number of other rural and arid neighborhoods in the county also are on track to become NID customers, including Quaker Hill and Lodestar.
Water districts consider mandatory limits
Riverside Press
Eastern Municipal Water District, one of the Inland region's largest water agencies, next week could approve mandatory water-use restrictions limiting when customers water their lawns and how they wash their cars.
The mandatory limits would be the agency's first.
Western Municipal Water District could follow suit. The two districts cover most of western
Local water agencies have been ramping up their conservation efforts as
The state water supply has shrunk due to below-average-rainfall, diminishing mountain snow packs attributed to climate change, and a court order that slashes water releases from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the hub of the state's water supply, to protect endangered fish.
Officials with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the largest water wholesaler in the region, have said there is a 50 percent chance they will cap deliveries to local water agencies this year and have pressured those agencies to adopt restrictions.#
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_water29.3d2b229.html
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