LOS ANGELES—With recent storms helping alleviate severe drought conditions that were plaguing the state, Southern California’s water wholesaler announced March 15 it is rescinding emergency outdoor watering restrictions it imposed last year. The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Board of Directors voted Tuesday to rescind the restrictions—which impacted six local water agencies in…

LOS ANGELES—With recent storms helping alleviate severe drought conditions that were plaguing the state, Southern California’s water wholesaler announced March 15 it is rescinding emergency outdoor watering restrictions it imposed last year. The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California’s Board of Directors voted Tuesday to rescind the restrictions—which impacted six local water agencies in…

LOS ANGELES—The Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors has declared a regional drought emergency for the Southern California region as the agency prepares for a fourth consecutive dry year, the water agency announced Dec. 14. The resolution, adopted by the district’s board on Dec. 13, calls for water agencies to immediately reduce imported supplies. It…

LOS ANGELES—Repairs to a water pipeline connecting the Colorado River to customers in Los Angeles County have been completed two days ahead of schedule, and residents and businesses are allowed to resume limited watering outdoors, it was announced Sept. 19. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California completed repairs on a leak on a 36-mile…

BURBANK, Calif.—More than 4 million residents in Los Angeles County are being urged to suspend outdoor watering for 15 days—starting Sept. 6—while the Metropolitan Water District repairs a leak in a major delivery pipeline. The repairs will take place from Sept. 6 through Sept. 20, and will impact the cities of Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale,…

The Orange County Water District, which provides water for over 2.5 million people in the region, will not mandate outdoor water usage to one day a week, officials said April 27, a day after the neighboring Metropolitan Water District—which services parts of Los Angeles, Riverside, and Ventura counties—announced an emergency conservation mandate to do so….

LOS ANGELES—Southern California’s water wholesaler took emergency action Tuesday in response to the regional drought, imposing unprecedented restrictions that will limit outdoor watering to one day per week for roughly 6 million people. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California officials said the restriction will apply to its member agencies that are heavily dependent on…

LOS ANGELES—Directors of Southern California’s regional water wholesaler declared a drought emergency Nov. 9, calling on local water suppliers to implement all conservation measures possible to reduce usage. “We need immediate action to preserve and stretch our limited State Water Project supplies,” Gloria D. Gray, chair of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Board of Directors,…