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Marijuana Water Waste

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Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan proposed revising the Sacramento County Water Agency Code to declare marijuana cultivation a form of water waste. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses an average of six gallons of water per day during growth. Recently, almost 1,000 marijuana plants were removed from an illegal grow site representing close to 6,000 gallons per day in water use, equivalent to 30 households. Given the drought severity and county policy prohibiting outdoor and large indoor grows, MacGlashan called on water providers to protect water resources from illegal cultivation waste.

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Contact: Ted Wolter July 14, 2015 Office 916-874-5491 SUPERVISOR MACGLASHAN LEADS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DECLARE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION WATER WASTE Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan proposed that the Board of Supervisors revise the Sacramento County Water Agency Code to declare marijuana cultivation in violation of the Sacramento County Code as a form of water waste today. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed with her proposal. “According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses an average of six gallons of water per day during the growing cycle,” MacGlashan said following the hearing. “Just last week, the Sheriff’s Department removed almost 1,000 marijuana plants from an illegal grow site in my district – representing close to 6,000 gallons per day in water use. This daily consumption is approximately equivalent to 30 households in the same community, and these growers had allegedly diverted a tributary of Dry Creek – a spawning ground for fall-run Chinook salmon – to quench their illicit thirst.” Roberta MacGlashan SUPERVISOR, FOURTH DISTRICT macglashanr@saccounty.net Ted Wolter Chief of Staff woltert@saccounty.net (916) 874-5491 FAX (916) 874-7593 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 700 H STREET, SUITE 2450 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
In April, 2014, the Board of Supervisors unamimously adopted Sacramento County Code Chapter 6.88, prohibiting all outdoor cultivation, and in June the Board of Supervisors adopted Sacramento County Code Chapter 6.89, prohibiting indoor cultivation of more than 9 plants. “Given the severity of our drought, and the clear policy direction from the Board of Supervisors that marijuana cultivation is impermissible in Sacramento County, it is essential to ensure that our limited water resources are not wasted on illegal grow operations. Such consumption is neither reasonable nor beneficial. I call on all water purveyors to follow the Board of Supervisors’ lead in protecting our region from this waste” said MacGlashan. MacGlashan’s language reads, “No person or persons shall use, or cause to be used, Agency water . . . in violation of Chapter 6.88 or Chapter 6.89 of the Sacramento County Code. . . .” ###

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Marijuana Water Waste

  • 1. Contact: Ted Wolter July 14, 2015 Office 916-874-5491 SUPERVISOR MACGLASHAN LEADS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DECLARE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION WATER WASTE Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan proposed that the Board of Supervisors revise the Sacramento County Water Agency Code to declare marijuana cultivation in violation of the Sacramento County Code as a form of water waste today. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed with her proposal. “According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses an average of six gallons of water per day during the growing cycle,” MacGlashan said following the hearing. “Just last week, the Sheriff’s Department removed almost 1,000 marijuana plants from an illegal grow site in my district – representing close to 6,000 gallons per day in water use. This daily consumption is approximately equivalent to 30 households in the same community, and these growers had allegedly diverted a tributary of Dry Creek – a spawning ground for fall-run Chinook salmon – to quench their illicit thirst.” Roberta MacGlashan SUPERVISOR, FOURTH DISTRICT macglashanr@saccounty.net Ted Wolter Chief of Staff woltert@saccounty.net (916) 874-5491 FAX (916) 874-7593 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 700 H STREET, SUITE 2450 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
  • 2. In April, 2014, the Board of Supervisors unamimously adopted Sacramento County Code Chapter 6.88, prohibiting all outdoor cultivation, and in June the Board of Supervisors adopted Sacramento County Code Chapter 6.89, prohibiting indoor cultivation of more than 9 plants. “Given the severity of our drought, and the clear policy direction from the Board of Supervisors that marijuana cultivation is impermissible in Sacramento County, it is essential to ensure that our limited water resources are not wasted on illegal grow operations. Such consumption is neither reasonable nor beneficial. I call on all water purveyors to follow the Board of Supervisors’ lead in protecting our region from this waste” said MacGlashan. MacGlashan’s language reads, “No person or persons shall use, or cause to be used, Agency water . . . in violation of Chapter 6.88 or Chapter 6.89 of the Sacramento County Code. . . .” ###