After receiving over 200 letters from urban water suppliers and members of the general public concerned about its plans to implement mandatory statewide water-use cuts ordered by Governor Jerry Brown this month, the State Water Resources Control Board on Friday released its revised plan for cutbacks.
The plans includes cutbacks in water conservation for city’s like Compton, which saw its proposed reduction drop from 20% to 8%, or the city of Beverly Hills, which saw its proposed reduction jump from 35% to 36%.
Many of the suppliers had claimed they were being penalized for earlier conservation success and wanted higher usage districts to cut more, before those that already made cuts cut further. Friday’s revised plan was supposed to take those concerns into account. We hear from the board and get reaction from some local water suppliers about the changes.
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Guests:
Max Gomberg, Senior staff scientist, State Water Resources Control Board
Tom Tait, Director of Public Works Services for the City of Arcadia, which saw a jump in their proposed reduction
George Murdoch, Utilities General Manager/Co-Director, Municipal Operations Department, City of Newport Beach