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Brentwood staff proposes voluntary alternate-day irrigation schedule to reduce summer water peaks
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Brentwood water staff on Monday proposed a voluntary alternate-day irrigation schedule that would split customers into two groups—odd addresses and even addresses—to reduce sharp summer peaks in system demand.
Brentwood water staff on Monday proposed a voluntary alternate-day irrigation schedule that would split customers into two groups—odd-address properties on Monday/Wednesday/Friday and even-address properties on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday—to reduce large, short-term spikes in summer water demand.
Jeremiah, a water department staff member, told the commission, “we currently have about 10,000 connections to our water system… Out of those 10,000, we have about 5,000 that are irrigation related.” He described the demand swing that drives the proposal: “Our winter average day for last year… was 3,300,000 gallons a day. This past summer, for the month of August, we took an…
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