OC Water Conservation: How Does Your City Stack Up?

All of Orange County’s water districts posted double- digit gains in water conservation compared to May 2013, the State Water Resources Control Board reported today.

The robust improvement in conservation follows a statewide trend last month during the drought, which officials say was the best month for reducing water consumption. Across California water use was down 28.9 percent in May.

Gov. Jerry Brown has called for an overall 25 percent drop in water use over 2013 totals because of the continuing drought, though individual water suppliers have been assigned varying cutback targets.

“The numbers tell us that more Californians are stepping up to help make their communities more water secure, which is welcome news in the face of this dire drought,” said State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus.

“That said, we need all Californians to step up -- and keep it up -- as if we don’t know when it will rain and snow again, because we don’t,” she said. “If the drought continues beyond this year, we’ll all be glad we did.”

The Yorba Linda Water District in Placentia posted the best rate as it reduced water consumption by 35 percent over May 2013.

Other city and water district results for May in the region, according to water board data:

-- Garden Grove, 24 percent;

-- Irvine Ranch Water District, 21 percent;

-- Golden State Water Company West Orange, 24 percent;

-- Anaheim, 25 percent;

-- Westminster, 19 percent;

-- Mesa Water District, 21 percent;

-- La Habra Public Works, 29 percent;

-- Buena Park, 30 percent;

-- Huntington Beach, 22 percent;

-- Golden State Water Company of Placentia, 29 percent;

-- San Clemente, 25 percent;

-- South Coast Water District, 29 percent;

-- Laguna Beach County Water District, 20 percent;

-- Moulton Niguel Water District, 28 percent;

-- Fullerton, 25 percent;

-- Santa Margarita Water District, 18 percent;

-- San Juan Capistrano, 26 percent;

-- Trabuco Canyon Water District, 18 percent;

-- Newport Beach, 22 percent;

-- Brea, 24 percent;

-- Orange, 27 percent;

-- Tustin, 29 percent.

City News Service