The Board of Water Commissioners voted this to keep the current one-day-a-week limitation on outdoor lawn watering.
Houses with even-numbered street addresses may water lawns by means of automatic irrigation systems or manual sprinklers on Saturdays and those with odd-numbered addresses on Sundays. Details on allowable watering uses and penalties for violations can be found on the Water Department web page.
Although the water in the Flint’s Pond has been rising during the rainy spring, it is still two feet below normal which is exactly where it was at this time last year. If the area has another dry summer, officials will have to restrict outdoor watering even further.
The board reviews current data on pond levels at each monthly meeting and considers revising the restrictions as necessary.
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