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North Marin Water District Urges Customers To Save Water

The North Marin Water District is urging customers to conserve water because of the drought. Customers are being asked to take several steps to save water.

While the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) started pumping water out of Phoenix Lake today because of the ongoing drought, North Marin Water District (NMWD) customers are being urged to conserve water.

North Marin Water District, General Manager Chris De Gabriele says they have issued a newsletter to customers requesting them to conserve water.

"We urge our customers to turn off all outdoor irrigation, fix leaks and take part in our water conservation program," De Gabriele said.

Both water district's reservoirs are low but the situation differs. De Gabriele explained that the MMWD gets 75-80 percent of their water from Mt. Tam reservoirs and Phoenix Lake and only 20 percent from the Russian River.

The NMWD usually only gets 20 percent of their water from their reservoir and 80 percent from the Russian River. However now with the drought conditions they are getting 100% of their water from the Russian River.

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