Vista Irrigation District - Conservation & Education

Water Conservation
Educational Programs
Drought Response Levels


	Vista Irrigation District 1391 Engineer Street Vista, CA 92081-8836 Phone: 760.597.3100 Fax: 760.598.8757 Email: info@vid-h2o.org Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Monday Through Friday)

DROUGHT RESPONSE LEVEL 2 – Drought Alert Condition

A Drought Response Level 2 condition applies when the San Diego County Water Authority notifies its member agencies that due to cutbacks caused by drought or other reduction in supplies, a consumer demand reduction of up to 20 percent is required in order to have sufficient supplies available to meet anticipated demands. The district board of directors shall declare the existence of a Drought Response Level 2 condition and implement the mandatory Level 2 conservation measures.

All persons using district water shall comply with Level 1 Drought Watch water conservation practices during a Level 2 Drought Alert, and shall also comply with the following additional conservation measures:

	1.	Limit residential and commercial landscape irrigation to assigned days per week on a schedule established by the general manager and posted by the district. This section shall not apply to landscape irrigation systems using weather based irrigation controllers, or commercial growers or nurseries.
	2.	Limit lawn watering and landscape irrigation using sprinklers to time limits per watering station per assigned day as established by the general manager and posted by the district. This provision does not apply to landscape irrigation systems using water efficient devices, including but not limited to: weather based controllers, drip/micro-irrigation systems and stream rotor sprinklers.
	3.	Turf/Plant establishment is allowed if required by a landscape permit or necessary for erosion control, landscape renovation after a natural disaster, or establishment, repair or renovation of public use fields for schools or parks. New turf/plantings are exempt from the irrigation limitations set forth in a level 2 condition for a period of 30 days following the date of planting.
	4.	Water landscaped areas, including trees and shrubs located on residential and commercial properties, and not irrigated by a landscape irrigation system, on the same schedule set forth in section 1 by using a bucket, hand-held hose with positive shut-off nozzle, or low-volume non-spray irrigation.
	5.	Repair all leaks within seventy-two (72) hours of notification by the district unless other arrangements are made with the general manager.