Jerry Brown: Water Water Everywhere; Mayor: Hold Your Hoses

The Great Drought is over.

Yes, it's official, but hold your hoses for now.

"The welcome storms this winter have eased short-term water management challenges as we continue to advance a historic long-term solution to the water system/ecosystem crisis in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, '' a Metropolitan Water District exec bubbled last week.

In people-speak, that means there's plenty of water for current needs.

Gov. Jerry Brown stepped forward the next day to spout that the water content of the snow pack in the Sierras is 165 percent of normal, and reservoirs are near capacity.

 "I, Edmund G. Brown Jr., governor of the State of California, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the State of California, do hereby proclaim the drought to be at an end," he gushed.

But Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa noted that in Los Angeles; water rationing continues.

Mark your calendars and re-set your timers:

• Brentwood residents at odd-numbered addresses can only irrigate their lawns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
• Those at even-numbered addresses are allowed to water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Note that there are also special rules as to what time of day to water.  And folks with 1/2 or any fraction in their addresses have another watering-day rule.

Scofflaws beware, because the DWP's "Water Conservation Team'' will  patrol neighborhoods to enforce the water-main busting  rationing schedule.

If they catch you, they'll cite you for violations that can result in fines ranging from $100 to $600. And feuding neighbors can rat you out by calling the 1-800-DIAL-DWP hotline.

So remember as the sun bakes your greenery brown, the governor says there's plenty of water. 

And as your horses are thirsting, the mayor says we Angelenos are using less agua dulce than 30 years ago, despite a rising population.

There's a flood of water.

Guess that's why over at the and they're prohibited from serving a glass of water unless you make a special request.

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Saul Daniels is editor of Chatsworth Patch.

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