Rancho Water Moves to Next Stage of Water Supply Warning by Rancho Water Jan 14, 2022 Member Submitted News TEMECULA– The Rancho California Water District (Rancho Water/District) Board of Directors has voted to move to Stage 3b of the Water Supply Contingency Plan (Plan). This decision comes in response to the statewide drought emergency caused by several years of increasingly severe drought conditions and the State Water Resources Control Board’s January 4, 2022, adoption of the Drought Conservation Emergency Regulation. Due to continuing drought conditions, the State Water Resources Control Board has adopted emergency regulations addressing wasteful water use practices. The regulations prohibit overwatering yards, washing cars without a shutoff nozzle, hosing down sidewalks, or watering grass within 48 hours after rainfall. Rancho Water General Manager Robert Grantham stated, “Rancho Water’s drought plan aligns with the State’s new regulations. However, most of our customers have been voluntarily following many of these water conservation practices for years. Over the past two decades, our customers have embraced water use efficiency, reducing our total water usage by more than 40 percent.” Rancho Water is proud to offer the benefits of water saving technology to all its customers. The District provides leak alerts that notify a customer when there has been non-stop water usage over a period of at least 24 hours. Also available is the MyWaterTracker service, an easy to use, digital platform that enables customers to visually see and track their water use on a day-by-day basis. In addition, the District partners with multiple agencies to provide rebates and landscape programs that can save water and money. Rancho Water continues to ask that customers save water today to protect tomorrow. Though there is no way to know when the drought will end, everyone can do their part each day to save our precious water resources. To find more information about Stage 3b of Rancho Water’s drought plan, water budgets, and drought news, visitRanchoWater.com/mywaterhub. ###
