LADWP Urges Customers to Step Up Water Conservation This Summer

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is urging its customers to conserve water as Los Angeles gears up for another hot summer following a dry winter – the second in a row.

According to LADWP, water supplies from the Northern and Eastern Sierras were reported at record lows due to below normal rainfall and snowpack. As such, for 2013-2014, the department is projecting the lowest ever water deliveries from the L.A. Aqueduct and the highest ever purchase of imported water on record.

“Our customers’ water conservation efforts are critical to helping us manage this year’s extremely low water supplies,” said James B. McDaniel, senior assistant general manager of the LADWP Water System. “We have had a dry winter, low snowpack in the Sierras and decreased supply from the State Water Project—a perfect storm without water. L.A. residents, by experience, are the best in the country at conserving water so we’re asking them to keep up the good work and do more, wherever possible this summer.”

LADWP says residents can help conserve by following the city’s mandatory water conservation ordinance that limits outdoor watering to three days a week. Watering days are determined by the street address: all customers with odd-numbered street addresses—ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, are allowed to use their sprinkler systems on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; customers with even-numbered addresses—ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8, may run the sprinklers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Watering is prohibited between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

 To learn more about water conservation in Los Angeles, visit www.LADWP.com/WC.