Water Update III
City of Temple Water Update – City Begins Water Conservation Transition for 835 Zone Residents and Implements No Watering Window City-Wide
Since installation of the new mobile water pump was completed on July 4, the City of Temple has been closely monitoring both the pumping capacity and water distribution system in the 835 Pressure Zone. System modifications and adjustments have been made over the past 10 days. The water system has performed as expected and additional water to the 835 Zone is now available.
Beginning Tuesday, July 14, the City of Temple will begin transitioning customers in the 835 Pressure Zone from mandatory Stage 2-W water restrictions to voluntary Stage 1 water conservation measures. This change will be phased in over a three day period. It is critical that customers follow the established schedule for the transition period to ensure that the system is able to accommodate anticipated increased system demands.
The transition period will begin with customers whose watering days are currently Tuesday and Friday (subdivisions including Lakewood Ranch and Eagle Oaks). Beginning Wednesday, July 15, these customers will be placed back onto Stage 1 of the Plan, encouraging the practice of voluntary water conservation as established under the City’s adopted Conservation Plan.
Beginning Thursday, July 16, customers whose watering days are currently Wednesday and Saturday (Morgan’s Point Resort) will be placed back onto Stage 1 of the Plan, encouraging the practice of voluntary water conservation as established under the City’s adopted Conservation Plan.
Beginning Friday, July 17, customers whose watering days are currently Monday and Thursday (subdivisions including Woodland Trail, Northcliffe, and Windmill Farms) will be placed back onto Stage 1 of the Plan, encouraging the practice of voluntary water conservation as established under the City’s adopted Conservation Plan.
In addition, the City is implementing, city-wide, a NO WATERING WINDOW between 2:00 am and 8:00 am 7 days a week. The restriction goes into effect immediately and will remain in place until further notice. This prohibition on outdoor watering during the early morning hours will allow system tanks to refill over night and to meet what has become high demand thru out the system.
While additional pumping capacity for the area is now in place and is operating well, existing storage capacities remain constant and cannot provide adequate storage for every customer to water at the same time. The established plan for transitioning customers back onto voluntary conservation is contingent upon system users wisely monitoring and using available resources (a suggested watering pattern could be a M/Th/Sat or Tues/Fri/Sun schedule).
The City of Temple requests that customers be cognizant and sensible in outdoor water use. Please note that should the system experience another instance of concurrent, overwhelming demand of water, mandatory water conservation restrictions will likely be required again.
“While the system capabilities have been expanded and we believe will be able to handle demand for the remainder of the summer, it can not handle everyone turning on every faucet at the same time,” states City Manager, David Blackburn. “I would urge residents to be water conservation-minded over the remaining summer days and follow good water conservation practices. If we don’t follow good water conservations practices, then mandatory water restrictions will have to be put back into place again.”
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