Delta in Crisis
What Does This Mean?
What is Monte Vista Water District Doing?
What Can We Do?
The Sacramento Delta, a large maze of levees, islands and farmland, is the hub of the State Water Project, which distributes the normally plentiful Northern California snowmelt to other areas of the state, including Southern California, through the California Aqueduct. In recent years, the Delta has been experiencing distress due to crumbling levees, increasing ocean salinity, and crashing of certain fish populations.
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Monte Vista Water District depends on the State Water Project for a portion of its water supply. Deliveries from the Delta are currently being cut back due to legal issues involving the Endangered Species Act and the fragile condition of the Delta. In addition, climate change, a growing population, aging infrastructure and water quality issues will eventually add additional stress onto state, regional and local water systems.
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During the past decade, Monte Vista Water District has installed or is in the process of installing eight new groundwater wells to increase our reliance on local groundwater. Several of the new wells are capable of injecting highly treated water into the ground for storage, creating our own underground reservoir to use during dry periods like this one.
The District is also making recycled water available for use on certain large landscapes in our service area. By using this local, drought-proof water supply for non-potable uses, we will have more potable drinking water available for our customers.
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 Monte Vista Water District’s Watch the Water campaign encourages customers to voluntarily increase their water use efficiency. We’ve made information available about water-saving techniques both indoors and outdoors, local watering schedules for outdoor landscaping, rebate programs for water-saving devices, upcoming conservation classes and events, and links to helpful websites through these web pages as well as through our Waterline newsletter, brochures and signs. The District will also conduct a special outreach effort targeting the business community and the public sector.
Monte Vista Water District believes that we can Watch the Water together to ensure a plentiful supply of water now and in the future!
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