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Updated Water
Management Strategy
To proactively manage the water
supply in the face of another dry season, your District
is again supplementing its supply with State water this
year. This will augment local water storage in the event
of a lengthy dry period in 2003 and beyond.
Meanwhile, the District also
continues to maintain its limited groundwater as a
backup supply. Wells were last pumped in 1991 at the end
of a multi-year drought. The groundwater basin has now
fully recovered and is available if needed.
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Portfolio of Supplies
Over time, Montecito’s water
planners have developed a broadened portfolio of water
supplies so that if one falls short, there is another to
take its place:
* Lake
Cachuma—our principal water
supply
*Jameson
Reservoir—a low-cost,
high quality supply of local water
* Fox and
Alder Creeks—a small but
important local supply
*Doulton
Tunnel—another helpful
source of low cost water
*Groundwater—a critical yet
limited backup supply
*State water—a supplemental
supply, stored until needed
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