“The City Council and City Administration continue to be grateful to and in awe of our residents, businesses and public partners who continue to exceed the water conservation goals.”
“We’d like to thank the Willits community for you help to conserve water in this drought.”
“The County is seeking trucks to haul a minimum of two loads per day (approximately 10,000 gallons). As the County ramps up the program, it is anticipated we will need an additional 3 trucks to haul a total of 40,000 gal/day. We will have a continued water shortage until we are able to secure more haulers.”
“25 wells reported dry in the town of Mendocino this past month, during a Special Meeting August 24, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved up to $1.5M to cover potential water hauling program costs for coastal communities.”
“The estimates on the volumes are currently 47,500 gallons per day transferred for the months of September, October, and November.”
“We are on trend to use 18.7 million gallons of water this month, which would be 30.5% lower than August of 2019. This means we should exceed our 20-30% Stage 3 conservation target!”
“On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will conduct a special meeting regarding the critical water shortage emergency in the town of Mendocino.”
“Seven days a week there is no outdoor watering allowed between the hours of 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. If the Water District does not see immediate improvement in compliance with this regulation, we’ll institute our Two Day Rule, which only allows outdoor watering two days per week from the hours of 5:01 pm to 10:59 a.m.”
“To help prolong the delivery of water to the firefighters living at the Eel River station, the water to the campground will be turned off. As a result, visitors to the campground will need to bring their own water.”
The current drought is not the only reason to conserve. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), we may be heading into yet another year of low rainfall: “The punishing drought conditions afflicting most of California are expected to endure for months, climate experts … said Thursday. There is a 60% chance, NOAA experts said, of a La Niña event this winter — conditions that would likely bring about a cool and very dry winter.”
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