After an unusually dry winter season, South Bay water officials are calling on residents to step up conversation efforts as water deliveries from the state and federal government sink to an all-time low.
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The area's other water-saving resources have been tapped out after the little rainfall so far this year.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District's "percolation ponds," used to refill underground water sources are completely dried up.
"Normally I'd probably be up to my neck in water right here," said Aaron Baker, an executive with the agency while walking through one of the district's ponds. "And we're not."
The dusty dry pond beds are a troubling sign of what the region is dealing with, and what residents might have to do in order to keep things running.
Because there’s simply not enough water in the region's system to go around, Valley Water is renewing its call to residents for a mandatory 15 percent reduction in water use from 2019 levels.
"Although we are getting close to that goal, and I greatly appreciate the residents and businesses of Santa Clara County, we haven't met that goal yet," said Baker.
"We need to meet that goal to make sure we're not drawing on our groundwater too hard," he said.
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