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, Ventura, and San Bernardino counties that are heavily dependent on supplies from the State Water Project.
The affected agencies, covering roughly 6 million people, were ordered to restrict outdoor watering to one day per week, beginning June 1, 2022.
But as winter storms began hitting the region and rain and snow replenished supplies, the state announced in January that it would deliver 30 percent of the requested allocations. That figure increased to 35 percent in February….