Under Pearland’s Stage 1 drought plan, resident and nonresident Pearland Water customers are asked to voluntarily limit outdoor watering to only twice per week on a customer's trash days, abstaining from watering between 9 a.m.-7 p.m., voluntarily waiting until drought conditions improve before adding new landscaping and voluntarily minimizing or discontinuing nonessential water usage.
In Manvel, total daily water demand equaled or exceeded 60% of the city’s water production capacity from July 18-20, which is what triggered the city's drought plan, according to a city news release.
Under Manvel’s Stage 1 plan, the city’s water customers are asked to voluntarily limit the irrigation of landscaped areas; customers with a street address ending in even numbers will limit irrigation to Sundays and Thursdays while those with a street address ending in odd numbers will limit irrigation to Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Manvel asks for its water customers to irrigate from midnight-10 a.m. only on designated watering days. Manvel water customers are also asked to minimize or stop nonessential water use, such as for car washes, building surfaces, driveways or sidewalks.
Some Pearland and Manvel residents saw rainfall July 22. Pearland and Manvel residents are forecasted to potentially see a scattered thunderstorms through July 30, according to AccuWeather. The Greater Houston area has received 19.94 inches of rainfall through the end of June, which is 5.22 inches below normal, according to the National Weather Service.
