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By 06/09/2021
The Bolinas Community Public Utility District lowered the town’s mandatory water rationing trigger last week from 76,000 to 66,000 gallons per day. The decision, which board member Lyndon Comstock said was “based on conservative assumptions,” brings Bolinas closer to allowing only 125 gallons per day to any of its customers who do not apply for exceptions. “We don’t feel comfortable leaving the trigger at the 76,000 daily consumption rate,” BCPUD general manager Jennifer Blackman said. “That was going to put us in a very unsettling position by the end of the year, if it isn’t raining.” Because of its small water system, Bolinas often feels the effects of drought more quickly and profoundly than other communities in West Marin. But Ms. Blackman said she is proud of the level of voluntary conservation achieved by the community, which she said means water consumption in town is down to about half of what it was at this time