(Avoca) Regional Water issued mandatory water use restrictions effective immediately.
Regional Water General Manager Richard Gaul tells KSOM/KS95 News the historically dry season has taken its toll on the water table.
Gaul adds Regional Water is still repairing the flood damage from two years ago. He says crews should have some of the wells repaired in the next couple of weeks.
Gaul says All Regional Water users in the ATP System – that is, all users in Shelby, Harrison, Audubon Counties, and in Pottawattamie County north or east of the City of Neola, are now on Mandatory Water Use Restrictions. Additionally, Regional water is asking for residents and businesses in Portsmouth, Earling, Panama, Elk Horn, Avoca, Brayton, Minden, and Exira to abide by these additional restrictions.
*No outdoor watering or irrigation of any kind between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. No watering or irrigation of lawns whatsoever. Watering of flowers, vegetable gardens, trees, or shrubs less than four years old and new seedlings are permitted once per week, with an application not to exceed one inch.
*No car washing, except at commercial establishments that provide car washing as their only means of income. For commercial car washes, hours of use are restricted to 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
*No water shall be used to fill private swimming pools, children’s wading pools, or similar articles.
*No water shall be used to clean streets, driveways, sidewalks, etc.
*For necessary agricultural and industrial water usages, such as filling spraying tanks, reducing the flow rate, and filling over a longer period, including overnight, to reduce the instantaneous demand on our system.
*Water flow may be reduced or terminated as needed to protect the system’s integrity, including to customers who are found to be not following rules.
*Customers with large meters (1” and larger) will pay a higher rate during the June meter reading period, as the last “step rate” shall be suspended.
*Customers of Regional Water who use more water in the June meter reading period than their winter average shall be charged an additional premium of ten cents per one thousand gallons over their winter average. Customers who normally use three thousand gallons or less in the winter and still use only three thousand gallons or less in the June meter reading period will NOT be affected.
Released on Friday at 10:00 a.m.
