Funding comes as part of a $46-million push to improve water reliability across California in the face of drought and flooding
California has awarded the wholesaler San Diego County Water Authority $3 million to help financially strapped households install high-efficiency toilets and upgrade irrigation systems, state officials announced last week.in grants doled out to across six counties in the state. Projects include recycling efforts, flood risk and groundwater management, pipeline construction and turf rebates.
The program in San Diego is expected to install about 7,000 new toilets, as well as roughly 4,000 irrigation devices that regulate flow according to weather conditions, officials said. The money is expected to last at least through 2025.. For example, a family of four making $69,375 or less will qualify for the free upgrades.
“This will really help low-income, vulnerable communities not only take advantage of having a new toilet or controller but help offset the cost of water,” said Elizabeth Lovsted, water resources manager at the San Diego County Water Authority. “It really goes with our long-term goals of not only conserving water but helping those that need assistance.”
The new devices are projected to save about 1,300 acre-feet of water per year and turn more than 333,000 acres into water-efficient landscapes. Sacramento officials remained stern despite recent massive storms. The statewide snowpack was more than 200 percent of normal for this time of year on Friday, according to“California is facing the real-time impacts of a changing climate, as evidenced by our state’s historic drought and recent flood emergency,” Director Karla Nemeth said in a statement.
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