HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - Legislative & Public Outreach Committee - 06/04/2007EMWD recommends all customers follow these voluntary restrictions:
Do not hose down driveways or any other hard surfaces except for health or sanitary
reasons. Use a broom or blower instead.
Irrigate lawns and landscape only between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (unless hand
watering). Adjust automatic timer clocks accordingly.
Adjust and operate all landscape irrigation systems in a manner that will maximize
irrigation efficiency and avoid over watering or watering of hardscape and the resulting
runoff.
Refrain from using decorative fountains unless they are equipped with a recycling
system.
Where possible, install pool and spa covers to minimize water loss due to evaporation.
Do not allow hoses to run while washing vehicles. Use a bucket or a hose with an
automatic shutoff valve.
Business and other large customers with dedicated landscape meters are also encouraged
to limit their water use to 80 percent of their optimum irrigation requirements based on
weather and evaporation.
Various responses to drought or emergencies are described in EMWD's Water Shortage
Contingency Plan (Ordinance No. 117). They are intended to avoid or defer the need for
rationing community water supplies, while preserving some latitude of choice with respect to
how much potable water individual customers use. Customers can refer to EMWD's entire
contingency plan at http://www.emwd.a•e/news/a•dinances/ord I 17~df.
Custoiners are encouraged to contact EMWD's website, ivri~w.enna~d.or~ for tips,
suggestions and recommendations how they can save water.
EMWD is the freshwater, wastewater service and recycled water provider to a SSS-square mile
area from Moreno Valley southward along the I-21 S corridor to Temecula and eashvard to
Hemet and San Jacinto. Approximately 650, 000 peopZe live and work in this area. In addition to
its own water customers, EMWD supplements water to eight local water agencies and
municipalities that have their own water departments. EMWD operates four water reclamation
facilities and treats some 45 million gallons of wastewater daily. More information can be found
at EMWD's web site www.emwd.orn.
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