Can the Water Authority buy more imported water to help meet the region’s needs?
The Water Authority’s Drought Management Plan includes exploring the possibility of buying additional water through “spot” or short-term transfers of water. The Water Authority has also asked the state Department of Water Resources to restart its Drought Water Bank – a program that helped provide needed supplies during the last drought. The ability to secure spot water transfers could be limited by the current dry conditions or by judicial or regulatory restrictions on State Water Project operations.
