BEREA —
A day after Richmond officials asked utilities customers to conserve water voluntarily, Berea officials have done the same.
The Berea Municipal Utilities administration is asking that residents conserve water usage during the dry, hot weather.
“As you are aware, we have had very little rain in the past month,” said Ed Fortner, of Berea Municipal Utilities. “Our supply of raw water is being reduced everyday.”
Compared to the month of April, Berea’s daily usage has increased by 500,000 gallons per day.
Fortner suggested ways to reduce water usage:
• The best time for watering is in the morning so plants have a chance to dry before the cool of the evening, thus making them less susceptible to molds and mildews. The worst times to water are in the mid-afternoon, when the overhead sun might burn plants, and just before sunset, when the plants may not have had enough time to dry off.
• A soaker hose, a porous length of hose that allows the water to gently soak into the soil around the plants, can be useful.
This is advantageous because it keeps the water off the plant’s leaves and, with the excessive humidity we’ve been having, that’s a good thing to discourage disease, such as molds and mildew.
• Also for outdoor watering, you are welcome to go to the sewer plant on Menelaus Road and fill up your containers with reclaimed water for watering your outside plants. The plant is open Monday though Friday from 8 am to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 to 10 am.
• Don’t wash sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, use a leaf blower to blow debris away instead.
• Don’t wash down buildings.
• Don’t wash your vehicles at home. Take your vehicle to a car wash. The car wash uses much less water than you would at home.
• Eliminate any other nonessential uses of water.
Please report any water leaks to the utilities company by calling 986-4391.
Visit the website – bereautilities.com – for more suggestions on reducing your water usage.
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