{"id":1488,"date":"2015-06-25T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2022-08-01T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T19:34:18","slug":"to-water-or-not-to-water-thousand-oaks-explains-new-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/2015\/06\/25\/to-water-or-not-to-water-thousand-oaks-explains-new-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"To water or not to water; Thousand Oaks explains new restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drought restrictions on water use are confusing because the city is served by three water districts, each with their own reduction requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, June 25, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Thousand Oaks<\/span> residents are eager to know the bottom line when it comes to water-use restrictions.<\/p>\n

That was apparent when more than 100 people came to the first of two city-sponsored information meetings concerning recently imposed mandates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came to hear the nitty gritty,\u201d said Betty Meyers, a 22- year Thousand Oaks<\/span> resident who attended the June 3 meeting at the Grant Brimhall Library. \u201cI\u2019m so confused between what this water district says and that water district says and what the state says and, now, what the city says.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder residents are confused, as the city is served by three different water purveyors\u2014 California American Water Company (or Cal-Am), California Water Service (or Cal Water) and the city itself, said John Brooks, senior environmental analyst for the T.O.\u2019s public works department.<\/p>\n

All three purveyors get their water from Calleguas Municipal Water District, which gets it from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California<\/span>, the company that imports the water into the area.<\/p>\n

The purveyors have each been given different water usage reduction requirements by the state, based on prior reduction efforts, but only Cal Water customers have been given individual water budgets. Exceeding those limits could result in an extra drought surcharge, the company said.<\/p>\n

In addition to meeting the budget limits, Cal Water customers\u2014 like the rest of the households in Thousand Oaks<\/span>\u2014must follow mandates adopted by the City Council at its May 26 meeting, Brooks said. The regulations are part of a drought action plan put into place in 2009 and based on recommendations by MWD, he said.<\/p>\n

The mandates, which apply to all city households, are as follows:<\/p>\n

\"Sprinkler\"<\/a>Residents may irrigate outside only two days per week for a total of 15 minutes per station each day. Residents may choose which days to water.<\/p>\n