How will local agriculture be impacted by current water supply challenges?
Many local growers voluntarily participate in the MWD-sponsored Interim Agricultural Water Program (IAWP). This program allows farmers to purchase water at a reduced rate, and in exchange they agree to have their water cut back by 30 percent during supply shortages before residential and commercial supplies are reduced. At this point MWD has not curtailed deliveries to IAWP users. However, MWD has announced it intends to impose the 30 percent cutbacks to IAWP customers beginning in January 2008.
