As it is now, residential customers can use 150 gallons per day. Commercial users must cut back by 35 . Owner of the car wash is doing his part, shutting down his washer because it consumes a third of the water usage. The owner says his other bays have been busy since residents are prohibited from washing cars at home. But he worries about the future. Yeah. If i have to shut down that is my livelihood i wont have income. At brickhead coffee house, plates replaced with paper. We go through a lot of dishes. Were required to fill our sink with certain solutions. But switching to Paper Products eliminated a lot of use of water. People have risen to the occasion, doing their part to keep water consumption low. But if the reservoir goes down further difficult times could turn dire. Sacramento is facing a water crisis as well. The City Council Approved a plan to require everyone to cut usage by 20 to 30 . Repeat offenders could be fined up to a thousand dollars. Sacramento gets most water fro
City is running dry. The town usually gets more than 50 inches of rainfall in a year this, year, its not close the city down a 100 day supply water and could run out before summer arrives. Laura anthony travelled to find out what theyre doing. Its just a trickle. Water flowing in too centennial reservoir. This is concerning to me. City leaders announced they have 100 days left, a Number Holding steady thanks to a huge effort by residents. Message has gone out to community. Theyve stepped up so we actually have since our last city council meet having been saving 200,000 gallons out of the reservoir per day. Still, this reservoir now sits just 17 of capacity. There is dirt where depth should be 40 feet. Its almost where city water managers cant put more out of it. We dont want to drink water lower. We can create a fish kill. Willis relies on rainfall to as it is now, residential customers can use 150 gallons per day. Commercial users must cut back by 35 . Owner of the car wash is doing h
36 Miles Per Hour gusts now at san jose. But look at north bachlt lets start at 7 00 this evening, at which point well have wide spread rainfall. Well see the rain breaking up into showers and by 4 00 sort of a nice break here. In just minutes ill show you the affect this rain is having on our rainfall deficit. Now spencer just showed us the rain hitting every corner of the bay area, we got good down pours in the city this afternoon. But wettest weather has been north and south of us. We have Team Coverage of the storm, abc7 news, nick smith and david louie are all live tonight. Sergio, lets begin with you in the north bay. Its started coming down regularly now in novato people say theyre really welcoming the rain, but theyre getting ready for any problems that it my bring. A full day of rain was a welcome sight. A lot of rain this time. We need it. Stewart rv and boat sales says her boatselling has just started off. Shes hoping more rain now will help with lakes this summer. Just tryi
Good evening, im ama daetz. Its not exactly a drought buster but the storm is giving parts of the bay area a muchneeded soaking. Here is a live tour of the bay area camera. You can see the affect its having tonight. Here is another live picture from the south bay. Youre getting your share of Winter Weather this, storm has come in two waves, really. Here is spencer christian, another couple hours of this, as a matter of fact we can call this beneficial rainfall you can see how wide spread the rain is. And eastward towards fairfield. There is more off shore coming our way. We have a wind advisory until 1 00 a. M winds steady at 2035 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour at times. 36 Miles Per Hour gusts now at san jose. But look at north bachlt lets start at 7 00 this evening, at which point well have wide spread rainfall. Well see the rain breaking up into showers and by 4 00 sort of a nice break here. In just minutes ill show you the affect this rain is having on our rainfall
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