The State Water Resources Control Board rescinded the water supply “stress test” requirements and remaining mandatory conservation standards for urban water suppliers on April 26, while keeping in place the water-use reporting requirements and prohibitions against wasteful practices.
The action by State Water Board Executive Director Tom Howard was in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement earlier this month ending the drought state of emergency and transitioning to a permanent framework for making water conservation a California way of life.
The governor’s April 7 executive order directs the State Water Board to lift the specific conservation provisions of its drought emergency regulations but to keep in place the temporary requirements for monthly water use reporting and prohibitions against wasteful water use practices while the Board works to develop permanent reporting and wasteful use regulations. The temporary requirements will remain in effective until Nov. 25, when the emergency regulation expires.
The current prohibitions against wasteful water-use practices include: outdoor watering during or within 48 hours after a rain event; hosing down a sidewalk instead of using a broom or a brush; and overwatering a landscape to where water is running off onto the sidewalk or into the gutter.
Source: State Water Resources Control Board
