More than 4 million residents living in Los Angeles County must suspend outdoor watering for 15 days in September due to emergency pipeline repairs, announced the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) on Aug. 15.
The 36-mile pipeline, a critical conduit that delivers Colorado River water into Southern California, was set to be repaired next month after a leak was discovered earlier this year. The repair will take place from Sept. 6 to Sept. 20 and the pipeline will be shut down during this period, according to MWD.
“We need to make this urgent repair to ensure this infrastructure can continue serving Southern California in the immediate term and for years to come. While we do this work, we need people who normally get water from this pipeline to eliminate their outdoor water use to stretch the limited available water supplies,” Metropolitan Water System Operations Manager Brent Yamasaki said in a statement….