Mandatory Water Use Restrictions

California is in a third consecutive dry year, and calendar year 2013 was the worst in 150 years of recorded history in many parts of the state, including the Livermore-Amador Valley.

Zone 7 Water Agency’s Board of Directors declared a local drought emergency on January 29, 2014, and has directed its treated and untreated customers reduce their water use by 25 percent.

More than 80 percent of Zone 7’s water supply comes from the State Water Project and is conveyed through the Delta. The Department of Water Resources has set a 5% allocation for State Project water this year, the lowest in SWP history, and that water won’t be available until September. This means that Zone 7 will have to rely on stored water from last year through summer.

Here is a quick guide to the general water use restrictions in effect: