"Conserve…It's a California Way of Life" acknowledges that water efficiency makes California more resilient to the impacts for future droughts.

During California's recent 7 year drought, Gold Mountain residents did their share to support California drought measures by reducing water usage by 28% over 2013 levels, surpassing the state target of 25%.  

The GMCSD relies on wells drilled deep into the granite aquifer for the majority of our water.  These wells are slow to react to climate changes, and often lag behind climate conditions by as much as two years.  During the height of the recent drought our wells continued to produce a near normal levels but now, 2 years after the drought was declared over, we are seeing reduced output in these wells.  This is a normal part of managing water supplies in this region and to ensure a viable long term supply of domestic water, the CSD in the process of developing two new well sites.  But even with a 4th well online, the CSD and the community will need to continue to work in partnership to make water conservation an everyday practice.