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Cal Water mails details of drought restrictions

Original post made on May 29, 2015

Details of Cal Water's drought restrictions were mailed to customers on May 28, and the company has put a tool online with customers' water budget allocations and water use history.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, May 29, 2015, 10:52 AM

Comments

Posted by John Skadden
a resident of Portola Valley: Brookside Park
on May 29, 2015 at 1:44 pm

Maybe this will be discussed in the mailer, but we were wondering if the budgeted water amounts will be "month specific". In other words, if you're under budget in a month, can the excess be applied to the following month?


Posted by Barbara Wood
Almanac staff writer
on May 29, 2015 at 1:49 pm

Barbara Wood is a registered user.

Yes, any unused water budget can be banked and it can be applied to any subsequent month. If banked water is used there will not be a surcharge for that amount. I will add thos facts to the story.
I have also just received the averages that will be applied for those who were not at their current address in 2011 and will add that as well.


Posted by Rodger
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on May 29, 2015 at 2:31 pm

I am wondering if water days in Menlo Park for houses ending in even numbers should be on Tuesdays and Saturdays instead of on Thursadays, with Tuesdays spacing 4and 3 days vs with Thursday And Saturdays spacing is 2 and 5 days which makes no sense.


Posted by Barbara Wood
Almanac staff writer
on Jun 1, 2015 at 11:43 am

Barbara Wood is a registered user.

We pointed out Rodger's comment to Cal Water and they agreed there was a mistake in the watering day for non-Menlo Park resident who have street addresses ending in even numbers or no street addresses. Cal Water says they sent out a post card to all customers on Monday changing the irrigation days for those addresses to Tuesday and Saturday.


Posted by Barbara Wood
Almanac staff writer
on Jun 2, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Barbara Wood is a registered user.

We have just received from Bear Gulch District Manager Dawn Smithson the average 2014 Bear Gulch water use figure, which Ms. Smithson said was 23 CCF a month per customer. Customers that used less than half that amount of water in 2014 can apply for an increased water budget.