It’s Official!
By Françoise Rhodes, Editor The Desert Water Agency (DWA) announced on June 17, that the Agency’s Board of Directors adopted Ordinance 63 and approved the budget for the 20152016 fiscal year. What makes this so important to home owners, Ordinance 63 will streamline the Agency’s water conservation efforts and allow DWA to enforce the mandatory
water use restrictions in place, helping the Agency achieve the conservation requirements outlined by Governor Brown and the State Water Resources Control Board.
ity to enforce mandatory restric- prohibitions and restrictions: tions, Ordinance 63 will support our commitment to helping our First Violation: Agency staff communities conserve.” shall issue a written notice instructing the water user to corToday’s action moved DWA rect the violation within three into Stage 4 of Ordinance 63, days. If not corrected, customers “The new ordinance restructures which made one significant will be fined $50 (single family our water use restrictions in a change to the restrictions: reresidence) and $100 (multi-fammore logical way and gives us circulating fountains are alily residential, commercial, or the ability to enforce the rules,” lowed again. Additionally, said Dave Luker, general man- Ordinance 63 allows DWA to institutional establishment). ager of the Desert Water Agency. issue violations for those who “By giving our Agency the abil- fail to implement the water use Continued on page 13
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