Coachella Valley Water District Makes Adjustments. Here is an update from my earlier post – the CVWD made some adjustments to their Conservation Measures Tuesday, April 12th, 2022.
According to NBC Palm Springs, the adjustments made by the Coachella Valley Water District are:
- Along with not being able to water from 10 a.m. till sunset, the other big action is restaurants being allowed to serve water only upon request.
- The agency said they will also increase turf rebates from $2 per square foot to $3.
- The district clarified they are addressing these issues now before the Coachella Valley goes into Shortage Level Two, or “slightly limited water supplies”.
- “The recommendation is to take certain enforcement measures from stage two and put them into effect now and these are things that can help us when we get to that point, when we may have to move to level two,” General Counsel Jeff Ferre said.
- This all comes after Governor Gavin Newsom issues an executive order in late March that requires urban water suppliers to put in place level two shortage actions by May 25.
- Along with a new watering schedule and not immediately serving water at restaurants, the agency will also expand its public information campaign and will encourage counties, cities, HOAs and other enforcement agencies to suspend code enforcement and fines for brown turfgrass areas.
- CVWD also addressed golf courses. They said courses will need to follow the daytime water restrictions only if they use domestic water and not from private wells or recycled water.