Long Beach Water Comm'n Declares Imminent Water Supply Shortage, Adopts Mandatory Restrictions That Include Prohibiting Watering Landscape Tues, Weds, Friday, Sunday

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(Feb. 27, 2014) -- Facing an uncertain state water situation, LB's Board of Water Commissioners voted today (Feb. 27) to declare an "Imminent Water Supply Shortage for the City of Long Beach" and immediately prohibited the following uses of water citywide:

Irrigating landscape with potable water any day other than Monday, Thursday, or Saturday;
Serving drinking water to any customer in a restaurant or other public place where food is served, sold or offered for sale unless expressly requested by the customer; and
Irrigating landscape with potable water for more than 10 minutes per authorized day if using sprinkler heads that emit one or more gallons per minute, or for more than 20 minutes per authorized day if using stream rotator-type or gear driven sprinkler heads rated at emitting less than one gallon per minute.

In a release, the Water Dept. said the Board's vote today was "a preemptive action taken to strengthen the reliability of the city’s water supply in the midst of a looming statewide water shortage."

In making the declaration, the Board noted the declaration of a statewide Drought State of Emergency by Governor Jerry Brown; the reduction in the State Water Project allocation to zero percent for the first time ever; record low levels of rainfall and snow pack throughout California; declining water storage levels in key statewide reservoirs; and the declaration of a formal water supply alert by MWD, Southern California’s primary imported water supplier.

To view a complete list of all prohibitions on water use in the City of Long Beach, click here.