We're still living off a couple of years of surplus rainfall. We can get through a continued dry spring, as long as the summer rains come when they're supposed to.
Whatever activities are allowed, they would be fully compatible with protecting the resources.
That's not unusual for a project this size. You have wetlands being impacted. The process is designed [in such a way that] we continue to go back and forth with information until the district has enough information to make a decision on a permit.
It goes from flooding its banks to getting very low.
It will require more aggressive conservation and use of reclaimed water . . .
If it's a core piece of property, we prefer outright acquisition because we can manage it and it has public access.
If you can reuse it, you're avoiding having to dispose it in the body of water. And you're saving drinking water, so there are added benefits.
Our normal watering restrictions were put in place during the severe water shortage of the early 1990s. But over time we have discovered that to water more than twice a week is wasteful and does no more good for the vegetation. So what once were water-shortage restrictions are now regular and in-place year round.
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