Sacramento Declares Stage 2 Water Alert, Asks People To Cut Use By 15%

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The City of Sacramento connected Tuesday declared a “Stage 2 Water Alert” calling connected residents to trim h2o usage by 15% to relieve unit connected the Lower American River and Folsom Reservoir arsenic the authorities continue’s to acquisition utmost drought conditions.

Under the Stage 2 declaration, h2o discarded fines volition beryllium doubled and car washing volition beryllium restricted to watering days only.

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Additionally, the metropolis manager has been authorized to transportation $1.8 cardinal from the Water Fund successful bid to equilibrium the Water Conservation Multi-Year Operating Project.

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The city’s h2o usage simplification program adopted by the metropolis assembly successful July consists of six stages calling connected residents to conserve much h2o with each proceeding stage.

CBS13 Staff