Thread: CA City Imposes Water Rationing

A Taste of Future Water Rationing: Bolinas, California Only Allowed 150 Gallons Per Day Per Person or YOUR Water Shut Off

(Kelly Zito, SanFranciscoChronicle)

Feb.04, 2009 in Drought, Public Works, Water Crisis, Water Industry, Water Management

(Feb. 4, 2009, Kelly Zito, San Francisco Chronicle)

With California in a critical drought, every shower, load of laundry and glass of tap water counts. But only in Bolinas could those things cost you your water connection.

The oceanside enclave in Marin County has enacted some of the state’s toughest water restrictions. Each customer - with the exception of schools and some businesses - may use no more than 150 gallons a day, about 4,500 gallons each month.

A third violation of the order would allow the Bolinas Community Public Utility District to cut off water.

Without drastic cutbacks, officials say, the community of 1,200 could run out of water by the end of April. The town on the southern end of the Point Reyes Peninsula already is drawing from two emergency reservoirs, one of which is effectively empty.

“People are worried,â€

Wouldn't that be a good place for San Francisco to build their "Emergency Immigrant and Refugee Center", for a few thousand persons at least.
That, I think, might help sway some opinions....