It’s going to be a summer of brown grass and hard choices for Southern California lawn owners facing the Metropolitan Water District’s watering restrictions starting June 1.
Water suppliers in parts of Southern California were ordered to impose severe water restrictions. Details of the new rules are starting to take shape.who rely on water from the severely depleted State Water Project,
MWD also collects water from the Colorado River Aqueduct, as well as local sources such as groundwater supplies and recycled water, but customers in the crisis zone can’t get that water because their pipes are connected only to State Water Project supplies. It’s basically a distribution issue that affects about a third of MWD’s Southern California customers, Kimitch said.
“You may not be experiencing an acute crisis now, but you could be in four or five years,” she said. “When the crisis does happen, instead of watching your lawn die, you can be watching your beautiful California native garden thriving.” pays $2 a square foot for up to 5,000 square feet of lawn converted to approved “water-wise” uses in residential front or back yards , and some local agencies offer an additional rebate on top of that, which could mean a bigger payout once your work is completed and approved.
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