Zone 7 is responsible for providing flood control and water resources to the Livermore-Amador Valley. The district was created by the California Legislature in 1947 and Zone 7 was formed by a vote of local residents in 1957. Of Alameda County's 10 active zones, only Zone 7 has its own elected seven-member board of directors. Zone 7 sells treated water primarily to four retail water agencies - the California Water Service Company, the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and the Dublin San Ramon Services District. It also sells untreated water directly to agricultural and other customers.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Governor Brown Directs First Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions

Phillips Station, Echo Summit, April 1, 2014.
Phillips Station, Echo Summit, April 1, 2015.
 No snow at Phillips Station (Echo Summit southwest of Lake Tahoe) for the first time in 75 years of early April recorded measurements.

And, no fools, on April 1st, "For the first time in state history, the Governor has directed the State Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory water reductions in cities and towns across California to reduce water usage by 25 percent. This savings amounts to approximately 1.5 million acre-feet of water over the next nine months, or nearly as much as is currently in Lake Oroville."

Summary of the executive order issued by the Governor.


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