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Village of Lowville Issues Water Watch; Residents Asked
to Take Voluntary Conservation Measures
Published: August 23, 2021
at 02:00 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
Lowville, NY- The New
York State Department of Health has once again recommended that the Village
of Lowville issue a “conserve water watch,” due to relativity low levels in
the reserve water tank. A watch is the first of four stages in water
conservation measures, which go from watch to warning to emergency to
critical.
Village of
Lowville DPW Superintendent Paul Denise said an issue at one of the largest
water users on Friday brought reserve levels below an acceptable level,
leaving the 20-foot water reserve tower below 14 feet, prompting the watch
as a precautionary measure. The issue has since been resolved and Mr. Denise
expects the storage tank to be back at an acceptable level in the next few
days.
In the meantime,
residents on the village water system are asked to voluntarily refrain from
unnecessary water consumption, such as watering lawns, washing cars and
filling swimming pools. Residents are asked to just be conscious of the
amount of water they are using.
We’ll update as
soon as the watch has been lifted.
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