The water conservation rate for the Nevada Irrigation District rose about 10-points, from January to February, to 24-point-7 percent. NID Operations Manager Chip Close says, although it’s still below the state mandate, it was a surprising improvement, since February was mostly dry…
The state recently reduced the mandate to 33-percent. But, with reservoir levels above average, and expected to all be at capacity soon, Close says NID, will ask the Water Resources Control Board to reduce it to just 4-percent, at its April 20th meeting. He says the Board should regionalize rates, instead of basing them on the overall state water picture…
NID also recently rescinded its drought declaration. Meanwhile, statewide, Californians saved only 12-percent in February, down 5 points from January. But overall conservation, dating back to June of last year, stands at 23-point-9 percent, just slightly below Governor Brown’s 25-percent statewide mandate, when compared to 2013 numbers. It’s 29-point-4 percent for NID.
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