Millions of Southern Californians who were required to dramatically reduce their water use last year will have increased access to water under two projects recently announced by the Metropolitan Water District. Metropolitan—a water wholesaler and the sole water provider to the local Las Virgenes and Calleguas municipal water districts— approved a $9.8-million contract for the Sepulveda Feeder Pump Stations Project that will bring additional water from the Colorado River as well as water stored at Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County to the two local districts. … SoCal communities, home to some 7 million people, heavily depend on water delivered through the State Water Project in Northern California. When supplies from the north were severely limited during the 2020- 22 drought, residents faced mandatory water reduction of more than 35%.