Gilbert residents may be asked to voluntarily use less water at the beginning of next year and could be issued citations if they repeatedly waste it.
The Town is leaning toward activating Stage 2 of its Water Supply Reduction Management Plan as it anticipates a 20% cut from the drought-depleted Colorado River.
The first two years of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 10-year framework proposes mandatory cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet annually to the Lower Basin states of Arizona, Nevada and California. Its final decision is due in October…