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Menlo Park district surpasses state water-reduction goal

Original post made on Apr 21, 2015

While much of the state faces severe water use reductions, customers of the Menlo Park Municipal Water District may be largely off the hook.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 12:00 AM

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Posted by Stockett
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Apr 21, 2015 at 2:38 pm

We have a small home on a 50 X 120 - foot lot in University Heights, near Alameda de los Pulgas. Unfortunately we get our water from Bear Gulch, along with Atherton, Woodside, and Portola Valley. Our water use is modest and thrifty, but we are apparently being punished for the heavy water use by residents of those other cities. Shouldn't there be some flexibility in the proposed mandatory reductions, based on the size and usage history of smaller households with smaller acreage?

Editor's note:

● It's not known how Cal Water might allocate the cuts across the Bear Gulch District, and that's unlikely to be known until the State Water Resources Control Board issues its final ruling. The 36 percent cut in the Bear Gulch District is a proposal. Here is a link to a state water board fact sheet with information on how to submit comments on the proposals: Web Link
Deadline for comments is April 22.

● There is another Almanac Town Square thread on this topic. Please use this thread to make comments: Web Link

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