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Posted: June 19, 2006
The City of Plano is initiating mandatory once-weekly outdoor watering
restrictions effective today, June 19, 2006. This is the first in a
three-part consecutive series explaining those restrictions and
providing information on your watering day and related outdoor watering
information.
North Texas is enduring the worst drought it’s seen since the 1950’s.
Sound long-range planning and management of our water resources by your
local water authority and your City has consistently provided you a
safe, clean water supply. Partnering together on conserving water
through this time of drought and beyond will ensure us a continued
secure water source for decades to come.
The City of Plano obtains its water from the North Texas Municipal Water
District, who provides treated water to over 60 regional cities, towns
and special utility districts. The District obtains its water from Lake
Lavon, outside of Wylie, with authorized water rights for limited draws
from both Lakes Chapman and Texoma. Extreme drought conditions in the
District’s service area, increased water usage that could exceed
authorized water draws by the end of the calendar year and long-range
weather forecasts projecting continuing drought have necessitated the
District to enact Stage 3 of their Water Conservation and Drought
Contingency Plan.
The District’s Stage 3 restrictions affect more than 1.5 million people
in six North Texas counties: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Hunt, Kaufman and
Rockwall. To maintain the long-range integrity of our water supply, all
District water customers, including Plano, are enacting outdoor watering
restrictions to meet the District’s June 1, 2006 water reduction
mandates, which include limiting landscape watering to once per week.
Plano is proud to have you, the water consumer, as our partner in this
important conservation effort. Plano’s Stage 3 conservation/water
emergency restrictions closely follow the District’s plan. The Texas
Water Development Board estimates landscape irrigation accounts for more
than 50 percent of water usage during the summer months, with more than
half of that amount wasted due to over-watering or run-off. This is why
conservative use of landscape water plays such a major role in
conserving our water resources.
Working together we can ensure the worst affects of the drought can be
mitigated. Everyone, from residents, to businesses, to schools to your
City government, is expected to follow the Stage 3 mandates set out
under Plano’s Drought Contingency Plan. Working together, we can ensure
the worst affects of this drought can be mitigated. Your cooperation and
support plays a critical role in the success of our conservation efforts
and we appreciate your help and understanding.
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