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南湾开始控水了！强制减少15%用量！
（NBC）South Bay Residents May Soon Have to Cut Water Use by 15%
南湾居民可能很快将不得不减少15%的用水量
The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board is expected to declare a water shortage emergency this week and consider a mandatory reduction in water use
圣克拉拉谷水区委员会预计将在本周宣布水短缺紧急情况，并考虑强制减少用水
Mandatory water restrictions may be coming soon in the South Bay.
南湾的强制用水限制可能很快就会出台。
The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board is expected Wednesday to declare a water shortage emergency and consider a mandatory reduction in water use. Water district staff is recommending people cut their water supply use by 15% of what they used in 2019.
圣克拉拉谷水区委员会预计将于周三宣布进入缺水紧急状态，并考虑强制减少用水。水务区工作人员建议人们按照2019年的供水使用量减少15%。
Many residents like Peter Sanchez Jr. are already preparing with drought-tolerant gardens. After the last drought in 2012, Sanchez Jr. tore out some of his grass and put in drought-tolerant landscaping.
许多像小彼得·桑切斯(Peter Sanchez Jr.)这样的居民已经在准备建造耐旱花园。在2012年的上一次干旱之后，小桑切斯(Sanchez Jr.)拔掉了一些他的草坪，换上了耐旱的景观。
On Monday, a crew took out even more lawn from Sanchez Jr.'s home and replaced it with rocks.
周一，工人从桑切斯家挖出了更多的草坪，并用石头取而代之。
"It used to be all lawn, but I took it out because of the water issue," he said. "Now I'm downsizing even more."
“这里以前全是草坪，但因为水的问题，我把它去掉了，”他说。“现在我的草坪上更多的是石头。”
That foresight may pay off because of the water shortage emergency declaration expected to come Wednesday by water officials.
桑切斯真的是很有先见之明，因为水资源官员预计将于周三宣布缺水紧急状态。
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Vice Chairperson Gary Kremen said the reduction is needed after another very dry winter. The Sierra snow pack was low and the county's largest reservoir, Anderson, was already nearly empty to accommodate earthquake repairs.
圣克拉拉谷水区委员会副主席加里·克莱曼说，在又一个非常干燥的冬天之后，需要减少用水。塞拉的积雪面积很低，而该县最大的水库安德森(Anderson)已经几乎空了，以便进行地震修复。
"We are having trouble buying water on the open market because everyone else is buying it up and it's 10 times more expensive than it was just two years ago," Kremen said.
Kremen说:“我们很难在公开市场上买到水，因为所有人都在买，而且价格比两年前贵了10倍。”
And since the water district is a wholesaler, it will be up to each city and water company to decide how to meet the proposed mandatory restrictions -- options used in the past included so-called water cops, fines and requiring people to only water on certain days.
由于水区是一个批发商，如何满足拟议中的强制性限制将由每个城市和供水公司决定——过去使用的选项包括所谓的“水警”、罚款，以及要求人们只在特定的日子里浇水。
The San Jose Water Company issued the following statement:
圣何塞水务公司发表了以下声明:
"We are currently closely monitoring our local supplies and preparing contingency plans in response to Valley Water's call for mandatory conservation."
“我们目前正密切监察本地供水，并准备应变计划，以回应谷水公司的强制节约用水呼吁。”
The company, however, did not say if water rates would go up because of the restrictions.
然而，该公司并没有说明水费是否会因为这些限制而上涨。
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