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The Los Vaqueros Reservoir Joint Powers Authority, a governing body made up of several water agencies in California to oversee the expansion of the reservoir, approved a resolution earlier this month to dissolve itself — meaning agencies like Zone 7 will have to look elsewhere for places to store water in the future.
Zone 7 Board Director Kathy Narum, who served on the governing body as a Zone 7 representative, told the Weekly that while this means the agency will not be able to store excess amounts of water at the reservoir, the dissolution of the JPA will not have any current effect on Zone 7’s water supply.
“For Zone 7, while we’re disappointed that (the reservoir expansion project) didn’t go forward, we accept that,” Narum said. “Speaking for myself, I look forward to a discussion about what other projects we can pursue to increase water supply reliability now that this is off the table.”…