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October 22, 2002 |
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CARY, NC – Water customers in Cary now have more days each week to use sprinklers and irrigation systems, but the Town is keeping the mandatory year-round alternate day watering schedule that’s been in place since 2000. Residential and non-residential water customers with odd-numbered street addresses can once again water outdoors using automated devices such as sprinklers and irrigation systems on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. All customers with even-numbered street addresses may again water outdoors using sprinklers and irrigation systems on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. NO ONE MAY USE OUTDOOR AUTOMATED DEVICES--INCLUDING SPRINKLERS--ON MONDAY. Handwatering is still okay any day of the week.
Today’s decision eases the additional limitations on outdoor watering put in place by Cary on August 8th when the Town reduced the number of days that residents could use sprinklers and irrigation systems each week from three to two and the number of days that non-residential customers could use automated watering devices from three days to one. That action came in response to Governor Mike Easley’s July 12th request for water systems in drought impacted areas throughout the state to reduce use by 20 percent. Cary held off easing its additional restrictions until getting word from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources that officials there were comfortable that recent rains had made the necessary impact on the region’s drought for the time being. "Recognizing that our use of water has impacts outside our corporate limits, Cary has always tried to work closely with the state," said Town of Cary Public Works and Utilities Director Kim Fisher. "It was important to us to meet their call for additional conservation this summer, and it was just as important to coordinate with them before we made any reductions in those additional measures." Fisher noted that even with the increased restrictions, Cary’s water conservation staff did not have to issue any fines for violations. "We’re very proud and appreciative of how Cary citizens stepped up to the plate to do their part." He said that the community’s success was due in large measure to the Town’s long-standing water conservation commitment. "Thanks to our well-established, year-round conservation measures, we stayed in relatively good shape throughout the summer," said Fisher. Citizens can monitor the system’s water demand online as well as their own individual use by visiting the Drought Response section on the Town’s Web site, www.townofcary.org. ###
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