Ramona
Repairs to the major pipeline that supplies imported water to the North County community of Ramona were progressing on schedule Tuesday, said Becky Coates, spokeswoman for the Ramona Municipal Water District.
About 33,000 customers in the Ramona area have been ordered to maintain strict rationing controls during the emergency, which began Sunday night when the pipeline broke under built-up pressure.
Coates said the work should be completed by tonight after a replacement sleeve arrives from an out-of-state supplier.
Until then, no outside water use is allowed by residents and other water uses are restricted.
With cutoff of imported water, the community must depend on a 5-million-gallon-a-day supply from Sutherland Reservoir.
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