Water Rationing Revisions Urged

At the request of Supervisor Mike Antonovich, the county will consider amendments addressing what he believes are inequities in the water rationing plan approved in May.

Under the plan, residents of unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County are supposed to cut water use to 80% of the district average during each comparable month in 1990. For heavy water users, such as large families and farms, the average might be unrealistically low, Antonovich said. He said the county has received hundreds of appeals to the rationing.

Antonovich’s proposal, which will be the subject of a public hearing before the July 25 vote by the Board of Supervisors, calls for residents to cut their use to either 80% of their household consumption for the same month last year, or 80% of the district average during the same period, whichever is larger.