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In what may become an iconic image for drought-stricken California, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on the parched bed of Lake Mendocino on April 21 to announce an emergency declaration for Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
“I’m standing currently 40 feet underwater,” he said, “or should be standing 40 feet underwater, save for this rather historic moment.”
Newsom’s point was that the reservoir was at a historically low 43% of capacity, the harbinger of what could be a devastating drought cycle not only for the Northern California counties that fell within his drought declaration, but for most of the state indeed, the American West.
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North County Water Districts Want to Break Away from County Group, Leaving South Bay Customers to Foot the Bill
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FALLBROOK (KUSI) – Fed up with rising water costs, two North County water districts, filled with financially strapped farmers and everyday ratepayers, want to leave the San Diego County Water Authority.
Instead of continuing to purchase their water from the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) – which has raised water costs on the districts by an average of 8% each year over the past decade – the districts have submitted an application with the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission to become wholesale water customers of the Eastern Municipal Water District.
If approved, the districts would be able to purchase their water for millions of dollars less each year compared to what they are paying today to SDCWA.