we can take water from cherry through a conveyance called the lower cherry aqueduct and bring it into our supply system. that water then has to be filtered at the sunol valley treatment plant unlike hetch hetchy which does not have to be filtered. lower cherry was built in 1914. here is a photo portion of that. it is largely an open channel and what damaged in the rim fire. so, we're engaged in a project to actually rehabilitate the lower cherry acwe edit so we can bring water of a good quality down to the system and deliver it to the bay area ~. that back up supply could become valuable a the drought continues on into the future. so, we have one contract with flat iron, west for the rehabilitation project on the lower cherry aqueduct. once we get the water to the bay area we have to do some minor improvements at the san antonio pump station, chemical piping improvements. these projects were on our books going forward to do in the capital program over the next two to three years. but to make sure we can fully reliably filter the water from the lower cherry aqueduct we need to make imp

>> reporter: cheryl, you know that is the south bay aqueduct, flowing into the river, and just anotherriver that has been hit hard by our drought. >> we are meeting or slightly exceeding and we are on track to meet our water conservation goals here in livermore and throughout the city. >> reporter: livermore saw what the drought was doing and took action early on by water conservation. but other areas and communities are not as conservative, either not cutting back on water usage or ignoring the call altogether. so state regulators say they are considering new rules by all of california. >> and nothing being considered by the state -- it is not something we're already doing here throughout the tri-valley. >> reporter: if approved, the rules will come up with fines up to $500 a day for watering lawns or without a nozzle on the hose. >> half the water demand is outside irrigation. >> reporter: this transportation sign on southbound 680 serve as a reminder to commuters flying down the highway to put the brakes on the water usage. even those not old enough to drive have gotten the message

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let's say i have a ditch, we'll call it the central arizona project, the world's longest aqueduct. and it puts water into a large lake. lake pleasant. and then picks that water back out of that lake and continues to move it through my state. the fact it was parked in, because the lake is under the jurisdiction, currently and in the future rule, right? so did the transfer from that ditch into a holding lake and then transfer back into a ditch all of a sudden turn the water movement there under this rule? >> you know, i'm not 100% familiar with that situation. i have some familiarity, but the central arizona project would not be -- in any way, shape or form. >> but the ditch itself, you said a couple of times, the ditch is not, but this is a different mechanic. remember we put it into a regulated lake as a holding. >> well, you know, irrigation ditches are not -- >> but this is -- but you can start to see these are where -- >> is this lake -- i apologize for not having -- >> lake pleasant. >> is it used to recharge ground water? >> no, no. that's -- this is actually mostly for water