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Council hears update on water supplies and wildfire preparedness; city manager outlines interties and storage options
Summary
City staff told the council Lompoc can produce roughly 7–10 million gallons a day and holds approximately 12 million gallons in storage; under high-demand wildfire conditions the system could be depleted in about a day. Staff highlighted intertie agreements and grant work intended to increase resilience.
Council members asked the city manager about water-system capacity and contingency planning following reports of intense fires in nearby counties. The city manager outlined current storage and production estimates, discussed intertie opportunities with neighboring systems and Vandenberg Space Force Base, and described vegetation and equipment-protection work planned to reduce fire risk.
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