Water Service Restored in San Diego County
Water service to 400,000 residents of south and east San Diego County was restored to normal Tuesday after 11 days of severe restrictions prompted by the rupture of a major water pipeline.
Voluntary restrictions on outdoor watering were continued Tuesday evening and early today to avoid a large drop in water pressure in the new pipeline, which carries 140 million gallons a day to the Padre Dam, Helix, Riverview, Lakeside and Otay water districts.
The Stage 4 alert, the county’s first, reverted to a Stage 2 level, which was adopted in May by the San Diego County Water Authority in an effort to reduce the county’s water usage by 10%.
Residents in the five affected water districts responded to conservation requests by reducing water usage by up to two-thirds in some areas and at least half in the remaining areas.
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