The first applications will be reviewed Oct. The city’s advertisement for the new position states that the salary is “negotiable.” Askew’s annual pay was $110,000, city officials said. Thompson said he plans to start connecting non-potable wells to some of the city’s parks within the next two weeks. If cleared through the court, millions of gallons of water from an Eastvale plant could be used to irrigate Norco parks and schools and bring the city closer to compliance, Okoro said.īill Thompson, who retired as Norco’s public works director when Askew took over, will fill in as a consultant until the city hires someone. “We need to obviously get a little more aggressive down the road to achieve our targets,” Okoro said, adding that such decisions would fall to the new water and sewer utilities manager.Īnother priority will be to finish the city’s recycled water projects, some of which have been tied up in court because of environmental concerns. The city issued no warnings or citations to residents, a state report shows. The city slashed water use by 23.8 percent in July, compared to 2013 – well short of its goal set by the state Water Resources Control Board. One main duty of the new Norco official will be to ensure the city complies with a 36-percent water reduction.
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