HELIX WATER DISTRICT TO CONSIDER IMPOSING NEW WATER CUTS

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May 12, 2015 (La Mesa) – At their upcoming meeting Wednesday May 13, 4 p.m., the Board will discuss a Drought Action Plan to meet state imposed water cuts of 20% to the District, including limiting all customers to watering two days per week, requiring 10-20% cuts by residential tier 3 users with penalties for violations, and increased enforcement on water waste reports.

Director Kathleen Hedberg said she is concerned the proposal focuses on residential customers, without asking Irrigation Class customers to also conserve.

“They are also the largest single water users compared to a single resident, HOA’s, Condominium, Apartment, Townhouse complexes, Caltrans, School Districts, Cities and much of their landscape is ornamental (turf, lawn), they should not be exempt from conserving,” she said.

On May 5, the State Water Resources Control Board approved rules cutting urban water use by 25 percent from levels in 2013, the year before a drought emergency was declared. Hedberg attended the hearing in Sacramento to advocate for the District’s needs.

The Helix Board meets at 7811 University Avenue in La Mesa.

 


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Helix Water Rates

What the Helix Water Board is actually going to consider tomorrow at 4pm is a "penalty" on only the Tier 3 domestic water users - and the proposal is for 10-20% assessed against all water use in Tier 3 - whether or not the user has decreased their water use. This is a penalty in name only - it is in fact a rate increase on water users who have Tier 3 water use (over 30 Units in a two month billing cycle).

Water Waste

The Lemon Grove School District has large grass fields and the sprinklers are on for long periods of time. Penalize them, not my brown yard.