SACRAMENTO – Despite continued hot conditions, Californians surpassed June’s conservation rate and reduced water use by 31.3 percent during July, exceeding Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s 25 percent mandate for a second consecutive month since the new emergency conservation regulation took effect.

In Rialto, our target conservation number is 28% – in July, we exceeded that goal, reaching 29.1% conservation over our July 2013 consumption. Thank you for your efforts!

For June and July, the cumulative statewide savings was 29.5 percent. Saving water in the hot summer months is critical to meeting the State’s overall 25 percent savings goal through February 2016, as the summer is when the greatest amount of water is traditionally used, particularly on outdoor ornamental landscapes. State officials urged residential water users to keep up their efforts to conserve.

On August 11, 2015, the City of Rialto declared a Stage 3-A Water Alert with additional watering restrictions. These conservation measures are necessary to help the City meet our state-mandated reduction. The target reduction rate for customers of Rialto Water Services is 28% savings. Other areas within and around Rialto have different targets in order to meet the Governor’s target of 25% across California.

Please do your part and be sure and visit our conservation pages to learn what you can do!

The state of California just released the June water conservation numbers. Rialto has been directed to achieve a cumulative 28% savings over 2013 water use. In June, customers were able to conserve water – but only reaching 16%. There are many things that you can do at work and at home to save water. Every little bit helps!

Please review the conservation tips on the site and do your part.

~Rialto Water Services