Restrictions began Aug. 9.
The details
The water management plan restricts commercial and residential landscape watering to five days a week, with no outside water allowed on Fridays or Mondays to allow the water system to recover, the release states. Hand watering of landscapes is permitted only from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m., and no outside water use is permitted between the hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Zooming in
City officials said water resources normally have been sufficiently able to allow adequate domestic water availability and to continue to allow outdoor watering. This year, however, the near-record string of 100-plus degree days stressed the Phase 1 plan to the point the city was compelled to implement a Phase 2 water use conservation plan, the release states.
“The long-range weather forecast shows no abatement of 100-plus degree days and no rain forecasted in the near future,” the release states. “City management will evaluate the conditions and make a decision whether or not to recommend an extension of [the] Phase 2 water management implementation for an additional two weeks at the Sept. 12 City Council meeting.”
Residents are encouraged to water judiciously, officials said, on the days allowing outside water use and to follow good landscape maintenance practices.
