The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/water/)
The Fort Bragg City Council downgraded the city’s water emergency from a Stage 4 water crisis to a Stage 2 water alert because the city’s 22.6 million gallon reservoir is at capacity and the desalination unit is now operational.
A $335,000 desalination plant arrived in Fort Bragg on Sept. 25, but no longer needs to be used right away thanks to the arrival of much-needed rain. The plant is intended to treat water from the Noyo River, which becomes too brackish for the city to pump for drinking water when the river is experiencing low flows and high tides.
On Tuesday, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved subsidizing 100% of the water hauling cost from Ukiah to the coast for residences and 80% of the cost for businesses for the first month of its water hauling program.
Mendocino town board likely to move to stage 4 water shortage next month, activating 40% mandatory reductions and increased enforcement.
The Board of Supervisors declared a drought emergency at their meeting on Tuesday. The declaration qualifies the state to apply for certain state and federal grants that can help lessen the impacts of the drought.
