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Sufficient & Affordable Housing
The Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project Helps Create Affordable Housing
Monterey County has a severe lack of affordable housing, a problem that cannot be rectified without the development of additional water sources.
Due to the Monterey Peninsula’s “water poverty” and more frequent periods of extended drought, State Water Board orders in 1995 and 2009 have required Cal-Am to significantly reduce pumping from the Carmel River. The orders go so far as to prohibit Cal-Am from providing water to new service connections until alternate sources are identified.
Developing a new source of sustainable water supply will lift our decades-long moratorium on much-needed new housing and economic growth.
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