The Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is implementing lawn watering restrictions for all customers, both residential and commercial, on municipal water.
PUC officials say the water restrictions are effective as of today, June 24, 2022 and are as follows:
– Customers with odd numbered addresses will be allowed to water their lawns on odd numbered days
– Customers with even numbered addresses will be allowed to water their lawns on even numbered days
– There will be a two month grace period for newly sodded lawns
“With the extended hot dry weather that this region has been experiencing, lawn watering has placed extra demands on all of our Water Treatment Plants,” said General Manager Tim Sunderland, in a media release.
This is the first step in the restrictions, PUC officials said, adding they may need to implement further restrictions if the water plants do not see any relief.
The Water Use Restriction Policy was approved by the PUC Commission in August 2003.
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