Hello, June. Today means two basic new water rules. Firstly, no using sprinklers on days other than Monday and Thursdays. Easy enough, right? Well, if you're the tattling type and catch a neighbor breaking the new law, you can contact the LA Department of Water & Power's drought buster unit at (800) DIAL-DWP or via e-mail at waterconservationteam@ladwp.com. Also, new rates begin today trying to get people to reduce use by 15%. If not, you could be charged more. It's based on tiers, not what your average use has been over the last year so in theory, you're current habits may already be 15% under what they're looking for. Confused? Here's their Fact Sheet (.pdf) and their FAQ sheet (.pdf).




Off to a great start, DWP. I logged in for my Tier 1 allotment and was presented with: "Your account does not contain any water meter or there is a problem retrieving your tier one water allotment amount, please try again later."
@solomon...the servers were overloaded for most of the day.
Also, if you live in a duplex, condo or apartment and don't have an individual water meter, you won't have tier usage.