City Council approves lawn watering ban

The Santa Barbara City Council adopted a regulation on Dec. 6 banning lawn watering with limited exceptions as we go into the sixth year of drought. This regulation will take effect Jan. 1, 2017 and is intended to increase conservation given projected water shortages that are to occur during peak demand months in summer 2017.

“Our community has done a lot to reduce water use in Santa Barbara,” said Joshua Haggmark, city water resources manager. “But as the drought continues our water supply situation is getting worse. Due to our community’s achievements in water conservation we have managed to avoid lawn watering restrictions until now, but we need to take action to stretch our remaining water supplies.” 

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