Davis Clark our water operator at Public Works in charge of water in the village talked to me today about a serious issue we have been facing due to the excessive dry spell. So what follows is the email and the information he gave me.
Acting on his recommendation, I gave him permission to institute water restrictions. Read below for the details.
Because of the high heat and little or no rain this month, the water usage in the Village has reached an all time high. Just in the last 3 weeks we have had 14 days in which the Village has pumped over 2 million gallons of water per day, 6 of those days were over 2.5 million, and 1 day reached 3 million gallons. The average daily use in the month of May was 1.2 million gallons. Because of this high water use I will be posting the Village ordinance pertaining to Landscape water use restrictions on the Village's web site, as well as asking the Valley Lakes, Madrona Village, and Bright Meadows web sites to spread the word on their web sites too. If our residents will do their watering in the late evening or early morning hours, we will be able to supply their water without further restrictions.
The Ordinance is as follows:
Ordinance #13.12.030 Landscape water use restrictions.
A. The use of water from the municipal water system for use in landscape irrigation from May 15th through September 15th of each year is prohibited between the hours of 12:01 pm and 6 pm, Monday through Friday, except that newly sodded or seeded areas of lawns may be watered at any time for a two-week period following installation of such sod or planting of such seed.
B. From Monday through Friday, outside water use shall be further restricted, as follows:
Occupants with even-numbered residences or other structures will be permitted to water lawns and gardens, wash cars and vehicles and use water for outside use only on even-numbered days; occupants with odd-numbered residences or other structures will be permitted to water lawns and gardens, wash cars and vehicles and use water for outside use only on odd-numbered days. (Prior code § 6.13 (b)).
As I post this its actually raining a wee bit! Hopefully it will be enough!
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