The Santa Catalina Island Company, like many other Island businesses, has been making a diligent effort to save water even before Phase I of water rationing went into effect.
(See the related story about desalination on the Island on page 1.)
Lazaro Silva from the maintenance team reads every Island Company water meter on a weekly basis and provides the meter readings to Ofelia Gonzalez, administrative assistant, who inputs the data into a water usage spreadsheet.
The Santa Catalina Island Company, like many other Island businesses, has been making a diligent effort to save water even before Phase I of water rationing went into effect.
(See the related story about desalination on the Island on page 1.)
Lazaro Silva from the maintenance team reads every Island Company water meter on a weekly basis and provides the meter readings to Ofelia Gonzalez, administrative assistant, who inputs the data into a water usage spreadsheet.
Gonzalez then notifies managers, supervisors and tenants of exactly where they stand in the use of their department’s water allotment on a weekly basis.
The Island Company has decreased its water usage overall by 50.5 percent since August 2014, which equates to 5,604,961 gallons.
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