telephone number 4 santa margarita water district

Pool covers can add up to about 4 feet of water a year - about the same amount grass uses to stay alive in a year. He recommends other changes to save water, such as requiring pool covers to reduce water evaporation. 'This will be very difficult on a lot of the smaller builders, as well as pool service companies, chemical companies, pool furniture companies.'įraser's company has built 500 pools in the area. 'The biggest fear was they were actually going to stop us from building pools,' said Cecil Fraser, who owns Swan Pools. Pools that began construction before the ordinance went into effect last month, however, are exempt. The district, the second largest water agency in Orange County, serves more than 155,000 residents in Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and unincorporated areas of Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch and Talega. 'It was sort of a question of how do we tell one neighbor to make your grass go brown and save water that way, while your other neighbor is putting in 15,000 gallons worth of pool,' said Jonathan Volzke, a spokesman for the Santa Margarita Water District. It comes as California struggles through its third year of drought.

The ordinance bans residents from filling new swimming pools or refilling existing pools by more than 1 foot of water. (KABC) - The Santa Margarita Water District has passed an ordinance in an attempt to conserve water that could effectively ban new swimming pools. The Santa Margarita Water District has passed an ordinance in an attempt to conserve water that could effectively ban new swimming pools.

Telephone number 4 santa margarita water district