Recognizing that 2013-14 is among the driest periods in state history, the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency is urging residents of the Pass region to heighten their ongoing water conservation efforts. At its April 21 meeting, the board of directors adopted a resolution thanking local residents for their ongoing water efficiency efforts and asking that they be re-doubled wherever possible in response to the ongoing drought.
California is in the third year of a drought. Last year was one of the driest on record and this year is expected to be one of the ten driest years on record. The State Water Project, of which the Agency is one of 29 Contractors, has a historically low allocation of just 5 percent of its water supply. As a result, the Pass Agency will receive just 865 acre-feet of its contractual 17,300 acre-feet. An acre-foot of water is enough to serve two families for a year.
“Polls show that virtually all Californians are aware of the drought and are taking steps to conserve water this year,” said President John Jeter. “The Governor and water agencies throughout the state have done a good job publicizing the magnitude of the problem. We know that residents here are already conserving; we want to make sure that, if the drought continues into a fourth year, there will be enough water to go around.”
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San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency is one of 29 State Water Project contractors whose mission is to import supplemental water, to protect and enhance local water supplies for use by present and future water users and to sell imported water to local water districts within its service area extending from Calimesa to Cabazon in western Riverside County, California.
For more information, please contact General Manager Jeff Davis at 951/845-2577.
