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MANTECA MAY CUT OUTDOOR WATERING TO TWICE A WEEK
State seeks 20 percent water use cut to try & ride out drought; Manteca’s June water use drops 2.2%
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Grant Lake at 7,098 feet in the Eastern Sierra on Rush Creek between Lee Vining and June Lake was at 17,819 acre feet Friday compared to is peak observed capacity of 51,777 acre feet in 1967. Created by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power in 1916, it is now at a lower level for this time of year than it was during the 2015 drought.
The deepening drought is prompting Manteca city leaders to consider cutting back all allowed outdoor irrigation of lawns and other landscaping to two days a week from the current three.