Nucla Gravity Flow System Final Report

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Town Board considers fines during water crisis Water shortage presents fire danger in Because of the extreme teat and wind, the amount of later being used by resl- lents and businesses served 'y the Town of Nuda Is ex- eeding the capabUltles of the later freatrnent plant - and intll restrictions are adhered 'y to everyone, the possibility If a very serious problem ontinues, At the board meeting on I uly 14 the town trustees .oted to continue the water estrlctions, and If neces- .ary. begin issuing fines for hose wfio do not Tollow the \'atering tImes. The nIght before the meet- ng. reported PubUc Works ;uperintendent Carl Pender, he town ran out of water In he tank above Nuda. He and \I"chle Richardson managed o get the tank half full again JY morning. and by the time ,f the board meeting It was ompletely full, but he said, Too many people are water- ng on thelr 'off days," using Ip the treated water and ~.g the facilltles to the "I e had been a fire last .Ight, it would have burned J the ground." he said. At he time of the board meet- 19, Pender and Richardson Jere working twelve-hour hlfts, operatlng the water reatment plant manually ,ecause putting the system ,n automatlc couldn't keep Ip with the demand and yet '1aintain the turbidity stand- rds sel by the slate health lepartmenl Although part of the prob- em with the automatlc sys- em has been taken care of lnd more water can be reated while keeping within he standards, the water estrlctions will remain In ef- ect untU further nOtlce. Board member Mary Helen . Water... cont from page 1 _ deKoevend made a motion to initiate fines, If the emergen- cy situation still exists after another two weeks, so that water users will be fined $25 after a first warning, $50 III after a second warning, and $100 following a third warn- ing. The boaId -passed the motion. The watering restrlctions call "for outside watering on the east side of Main Street. and at Nuda High School on Mondays and Thursdays only. For those to the west of . Main Street, wate~g will be permitted on Tuesdays and Fridays. 1liERE WILL BE NO WATERING ON SATUR- DAYS, SUNDAYS, OR WED- NESDAYS using water from the Town of Nuda. Obvious- ly, those using dltch irrlga- tion can water whenever tliey . desire to do so. ,. " ~ Pender, addressing the ~ board following discussion about ways to get coopera- tion from residents, said, 'The long tenn solution is to { make drfuking water too ex- pensive to use for irrigation." It may not have to come to that. provided everyone does his part during ili1s period. Perhaps the issue to keep in the forefront of thoughts is. 'What if there la a fire - a no water available to put it out?" , I '~ I I ~ .~ : .~ .W ~~~l$!t~*~~~. . 0.: .-::~