have kept the city's water reserves stable while the rest of the state struggles with drought.
"Despite continued hot and dry conditions in California, the San Diego region is protected from drought impacts this summer and through 2045, the San Diego County Water Authority announced Monday.
According to a statement released by the Water Authority, "no shortages or regional water-use mandates are in the forecast, the result of three decades of strategic investments that create an aquatic safety net for San Diego County's $253 billion economy and quality of life for 3.3 million residents."
"Gary Croucher, Water Authority Board chairman, thanked San Diegans for their efforts to "make sure that we have enough water to meet the region's needs now and for decades into the future. County ratepayers have conserved more than 1 million acre-feet of water over the past three decades, and per-capita water use across the region has decreased nearly 50% since the early 1990s, according to the Water Authority."
"Nearly 30 years ago, drought impacted the county for 13 straight months, with 31% supply cutbacks from the Water Authority's wholesale provider, the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District. Since that time, San Diego County's water supply has been diversified, with a locally controlled supply from the Carlsbad desalination plant, and a conservation-and-transfer agreement that provides water from the Colorado River. According to the Water Authority, those two resources offer protection against droughts and other emergencies by ensuring sufficient water supplies through 2045, even during successive dry years."
"Another strategy includes local projects such as the city of San Diego's Pure Water San Diego, which is projected to start producing 30 million gallons per day of drinking water in the next few years."
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/jun/21/san-diego-county-water-region-drought-safe-summer/
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