San Diego County faces second straight year of water shortages, use restrictions

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Taking into account continued cutbacks to the region’s imported water supplies, the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors voted May 27 to continue current limits on water deliveries to its 24 member retail agencies through June 2011. The Board also approved remaining in a Level 2 Drought Alert condition for a second straight year, which enables member agencies to keep water use restrictions and other mandatory conservation measures in place.

“This winter’s above-average rain and snow prevented our current water shortage conditions from worsening, but we r...