The Palmdale Water District has been talking about “Before the First Drop “since the beginning of 2013. We turn on our faucets and behold clean, clear, water! The facts are water is becoming more expensive, and the reliability of supply is forever changing. Approximately 50% of our water comes from the Delta region in Sacramento traveling down the California Aqueduct and into Lake Palmdale.
On October 23, 2013, the Palmdale Water District Board of Directors approved a resolution that modifies the existing Capital Improvement Fees and adds a Water Supply Fee component.
There are a number of things to do in the garden during fall season and there are many native plants that can be planted at this time. Ceanothus, toyon, and other native shrubs with their deep, dense roots make excellent choices for erosion control. Plant bulbs that thrive in this climate such as anemones, daffodils, ranunculus, and South African babiana.
The Palmdale Water District is proposing to establish a “Water Supply Fee” that will provide funding for the acquisition of new water supplies to support new development. The Board of Directors will be considering this proposed fee at the September 25, 2013 regular Board meeting. New development will pay the proposed Water Supply Fee to provide the water for their projects. Existing customers will not be charged.
he Palmdale Water District Board of Directors, at the regular board meeting, on August 29, 2003, announced the winner of the “Before the first Drop” campaign survey drawing.
Some twenty years ago, Palmdale Water District started working with the US Forest Service to manage sediment in Littlerock Reservoir. Sediment (rocks, gravel, and soil) has been washing down from the San Gabriel Mountains, above the dam, since the Dam was completed in 1924.
On Friday June 28, 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown urged Californians to make July “Water Smart Month.”
We are all invited by Governor Edmund G. Brown to make July “Water Smart Month.” As the Governor announced, “I invite all Californians to practice more sustainable water consumption, whether it be watering the lawn less frequently, constructing a drip irrigation system for the garden or upgrading existing systems with smart irrigation controllers.”
The District’s “Before the First Drop” campaign is divided into three phases; the first survey, the education phase, and the last survey. The first survey ended April 30th. To be entered into the drawing for a new landscape renovation, many PWD customers have filled out the first survey. In July, there will be another survey.
The Palmdale Water District is hosting a FREE landscape workshop on how to design a sustainable landscape.
