GVRD EYES LOW SNOWPACK

Watering cut
considered

THE GVRD water com-
mittee will consider on
Friday the June | imple-
mentation of region-wide
lawn watering restrictions.

By Michael Becker
News Editor

John Morse, water district
manager of water and con-
struction, is asking for a twice-
a-week sprinkling limit.

Watershed snowpack mea-

surements taken on March i
show a low snowpack. The
water equivalent represents
just 72% of the 20-year aver-
age for this time of year.

” A water shortage response
plas, which outlines a course
of ‘action involving escalating
restrictions on the use ui water
during periods of shortage and

- drought, was developed by the
GYRD following _high
demands for water and low
reservoir levels in 1992.

The two-day-a-week sum-
_Ter_ sprinkling restriction has
“ come into play every year since.
*- GVRD ‘figures show a 19%
reduction in regional water con-

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sumption when comparing
water use in 1995 (with the
restriction) and 1990 (without).

The June 1-Sept. 30 restric-
tion would allow sprinkling 4
a.m.-9 a.m. or 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Residents living in even-num-
bered addresses could water
lawns Saturdays and Wednes-
days; those living in odd-num-
bered addresses could water
lawns Sundays and Thursdays.

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