City of Plano Stage 3 Water Conservation Continues
The City of Plano will maintain Stage 3 water conservation measures through the month of May while
continuing to encourage conservation. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has agreed to
delay Stage 4 for all member and customer cities and confirmed this action at their board meeting last night.
The NTMWD will consider Stage 4 implementation at a later date with expected activation on June 1 unless
conditions change.
In a presentation to the Plano City Council Monday evening, Mark Israelson, Director of Customer and
Utility Services outlined successful measures implemented in Plano since Stage 3 went into effect November 1,
2011. Among these is the distribution of 1,900 courtesy notices to addresses reported violating water schedules.
The City and Plano Independent School District have also worked successfully to reduce sports field water
consumption under their assigned variances. The use of conservation reminders on city vehicles has also played
a role in reminding residents to conserve water.
The presentation also included a comparison of water consumption on a gallon basis as well as a
percentage of reduction from October through December for member cities of the NTMWD. Plano is among the
leaders in water use reduction.
In continuing Stage 3 the City of Plano continues to ask all residents to conserve water by turning
irrigation systems off. Stage 3 provides for watering every other week but with recent rains and dormant landscapes there is no need to use sprinkler systems at this time. Stage 3 measures do provide for hand watering
two hours per day as needed for foundations, trees and landscapes.
The City of Plano asks residents to consider delaying the purchase of new landscape materials or grasses
as adequate water to establish new plantings is not and may not be available. Additionally, there is no draining
and refilling of swimming pools.
Finally, the City is asking irrigation system owners to convert to drip irrigation systems for foundation
and landscape watering. This measure not only conserves water now and in the future but can potentially reduce
your water costs on a regular basis while maintaining your investments.
For current information on City of Plano conservation measures please watch www.plano.gov/water
- Posted: 2012 Jan 27 at 09:39
