Fort Bragg implements first stage of water restrictions

The City of Fort Bragg implemented Stage 1 Water Conservation restrictions at the city council meeting Monday night as a third year of drought threatens to ravage Mendocino County.

The city aims to reduce at least five to ten percent of seasonal water demand with the restrictions, which apply to everyone using the city’s water system and people drawing off the Noyo River, Newman Gulch and Waterfall Gulch. Fort Bragg municipal code for water conservation allows the city council to implement mandatory water conservation efforts once a water emergency is declared.