 OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- The East Bay Municipal Utility District Board has voted unanimously to impose mandatory water rationing on its 1.3 million customers.
The board took that step Tuesday because supplies are a third of what they should be after two dry springs.
The vote means homeowners will have to cut their water usage by as much as 19 percent, larger customers such as a golf course are required to cut usage by 30 percent.
March was the second driest for the East Bay watershed and fifth driest for the Mokelumne watershed in its 85-year history. So far April has been the driest to date. Combined with last year’s dry winter, this has created a projected supply shortage that is the greatest threat to the EBMUD’s water supply since the end of the last drought in 1991.
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KCBS' Bob Melrose reports
