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SCV Water announced Monday that due to a diverse water supply and continued water conservation, Santa Clarita is projected to have more than adequate supplies of water to meet all water demands in 2018.
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In 2018, the Santa Clarita Valley is estimated to use between 80,000 and 85,000 acre-feet of water, according to the 2017 SCV Water Report.
An acre-foot is approximately a football field covered in a foot deep of water, which is about 326,000 gallons of water.
This estimate is from SCV Water’s diverse water supply portfolio coupled with continued water use efficiency efforts.
In 2017, total water demand in the Santa Clarita Valley was approximately 77,000 acre-feet which was met by a combination of 29,900 acre-feet of local groundwater.
The state water project and other imported water totaled 46,600 acre-feet and recycled water was approximately 500 acre-feet, according to the 2016 SCV Water report.
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Now in its twentieth year, the report provides a snapshot of where Santa Clarita started and ended the year in terms of water supply and demand.
“This report is an annual check-up designed to provide the latest information about the status of the Valley’s water resources,” said Dirk Marks, SCV Water’s director of water resources. “It reviews the sufficiency and reliability of supplies in the context of existing water demand, with focus on conditions for the past year (2017) and demand for the current year (2018).”
The report is meant to complement the Urban Water Management Plan, a long-range planning document completed every five years, that projects water supply and demand for the Santa Clarita Valley over the next 50 years.
An important component of the report is the role water conservation plays in the overall picture of water supply and demand. The report touches on the importance of various conservation measures, including state mandates, educational opportunities and rebate incentives.
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Santa Clarita bought up the water companies and plans to build hundreds of new houses of course they will say we have plenty of water. Still conserve it people if your grass or dirt is mushy or growing moss it’s probably over watered. Do you know the houses on tanks and wells average about 3000 gallons a month of water and the average city water house uses about20,000 gallons a month. Big difference and the state wants to regulate thier wells .