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CALIFORNIA / SONOMA COUNTY

Healdsburg

RestrictedRestored April 3, 2023
Healdsburg, California
Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Population (2020)
11,340
Water cut
June 7, 2021
Supply cut
40%
Cause
surface water
Where
38.62°N, 122.87°W

What happened, and when

Every dated water event the register holds for Healdsburg, newest first, each with the sources that document it.

  1. Restored

    Restored

    The City Council rescinded all mandatory conservation requirements after the wet 2022 to 2023 winter refilled the Russian River reservoirs. The 40 percent stage had been stepped down to 20 percent on November 15, 2021 after record October rain.

  2. Restrictedon the card

    Restricted: what happened

    On June 7, 2021 the Healdsburg City Council moved the city to Stage 3 of its water shortage plan: a mandatory 40 percent cut for all customers, a residential budget of about 74 gallons per person per day, and fines of up to $1,000 for repeat violations. The trigger was a State Water Board notice that junior right holders could no longer divert from the Russian River, with Lake Mendocino near 40 percent of target storage. Stage 3 followed a mandatory 20 percent Stage 2 adopted that May.

    • Healdsburg Tribune: Healdsburg steps up water conservation efforts (June 8, 2021)
    • San Francisco Chronicle: Healdsburg officials declare 'severe drought,' mandate 40% reduction in water use (June 12, 2021)
    • KGO-TV ABC7: Healdsburg cuts water use by 40%, locals could face fines for violating restrictions (June 16, 2021)