The Goleta City Council faced a dilemma on Thursday [July 20] evening that was leavened by a letter from the Goleta Water District stating that the moratorium on new water hookups was likely to end this year. … The possibility of an end to the nine-year water moratorium in Goleta is spurring developer interest, according to city staff. Rain delivered by this winter’s storms put the Water District within spitting distance of a couple conditions of the Safe Water Supplies Ordinance of 1991 that allowed new water connections: when State Water deliveries reached 100 percent and when enough new groundwater formed a buffer against drought. The Goleta Water District, which is a separate political entity from the city, wrote that State Water was restored and groundwater storage was due to reach the drought buffer some time this year.

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