Statewide Drought Declared

Citrus Heights Water District

Adopts Stage 2 - Water Alert for 2008

Folsom Lake started 2008 at a near-record low level and is not fairing much better today. While the winter season started with our normal wet weather, it ended up being the second below-average rainfall year in a row. Added to that, we have just experienced a new record: the driest March - April period in the Sacramento area's history. Following these conditions, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared that California is in a drought.

While the governor's declaration did not include any immediate conservation orders, water-savings efforts are being implemented statewide. In the Sacramento region, the San Juan Family of Water Agencies - of which CHWD is a member - has been notified of reductions in water supply allocations from the United States Bureau of Reclamation. In response to these cutbacks, CHWD has declared a Stage 2 - Water Alert and is asking its customers to reduce indoor and outdoor water usage by five to 10 percent.