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Water revenue drying up
Conservation costs Manteca $1M so far
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Manteca municipal staff is against cutting back allowable watering days from three to two a week. - photo by HIME ROMERO
Conserving water has cost Manteca $1,020,300 since July 1. And on Tuesday the City Council could put in place additional conservation measures that could accelerate the decline in water department revenues that are currently off by 11 percent. City staff has indicated the water enterprise account has sufficient reserves to withstand declines in revenue for now.