A West Virginia city was told to be under a mandatory water conservation, effective immediately.
The Weirton area water board is implementing mandatory water conservation measures for all customers served by the Weirton system. These use restrictions will continue until Weirton Area Water Board provides notice that the mandatory water conservation has been lifted.
Weirton Area Water Board has determined that mandatory water conservation is needed atthis time in order to protect the integrity of the Weirton supply and distribution systembecause the Weirton Area Water Board is experiencing a short-term supply shortage (totalavailable water supply is not enough to meet maximum system demand) due to an
inordinately high number of line breaks and other contributing factors.
Weirton says, that if use restrictions are not put in place immediately, the result could be a lowering of pressure or a loss of water to customers.
While mandatory water conservation is in place, all Weirton Area Water Board customers are required to eliminate non-essential uses of water, which include the following:
- The use of hoses, sprinklers or other means for sprinkling or watering of shrubbery,
- trees, lawns, grass, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers or other vegetation.
- The use of water for washing automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer houses or other type of mobile equipment.
- The washing of streets, driveways, parking lots, service station aprons, office buildings, exterior of homes, sidewalks, apartments or other outdoor surfaces.
- The operation of an ornamental fountain or other structures making a similar use of water.
- The use of water for filling swimming or wading pools.
- The operation of water-cooled comfort air conditioning which does not have water-conserving equipment.
- The use of water from fire hydrants for construction purposes or fire drills.
- The use of water to flush a wastewater line or wastewater manhole.
- The use of water for commercial farms and nurseries other than a bare minimum to preserve plants, crops and livestock.
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