{"id":130757,"date":"2011-10-09T07:49:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130757"},"modified":"2011-10-10T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T20:44:20","slug":"tyler-implements-voluntary-step-one-modified-drought-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130757","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Implements Voluntary Step One Modified Drought Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=130858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130858\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/10\/watering-the-yard1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"watering the yard1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-130858\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; Starting yesterday, the City of Tyler Water Utilities Department began implementing voluntary \u201cStep One\u201d of the Drought Contingency Measures as outlined in Article X (Water Conservation\/Emergency Demand Management Plan) of the City of Tyler Code of Ordinances.  \u201cAlthough the City has not reached the consumption parameters outlined in the plan to warrant Step One Drought Measures, we feel that because of the dry weather conditions we have been experiencing, it is in the best interests of Tyler\u2019s long term planning efforts to take this action at this time,\u201d said Water Utilities Managing Director Greg Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>Step One Drought Measures are typically taken when the average daily water consumption reaches 85 percent of the system\u2019s production capacity.  Tyler\u2019s capacity is currently 72 million gallons per day; eight million gallons from deep water wells, 34 million gallons from Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East and 30 million from Lake Palestine.    The peak use this year was on Aug. 15 when 49 million gallons were used.  However, the average use this summer was 40.9 million gallons which is still well below the 85 percent consumption rate of 61.2 million gallons per day which triggers drought measures.<\/p>\n<p>Voluntary Step One modified drought measures call for residents to voluntarily conserve water and limit irrigation of landscaped areas to Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for customers with a street address ending in an even number (0,2,4,6,8) or Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays for water customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1,3,5,7,9).  Additionally, irrigation should be done between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.   Additional steps that the City will take under Step One include expedited repair of water line breaks, reducing flushing of water mains and discontinuing fire hydrant testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Tyler has a very stable, long-term water supply that is projected to serve us for the next 75 years,\u201d added Morgan. \u201cHowever, it is anticipated that the La Nina system that has led to the current dry conditions may last for at least another six to nine months and that overall drought conditions in the state of Texas could last for several years.  Therefore, it is in the best interest of the community to take precautionary measures at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Starting yesterday, the City of Tyler Water Utilities Department began implementing voluntary \u201cStep One\u201d of the Drought Contingency Measures as outlined in Article X (Water Conservation\/Emergency Demand Management Plan) of the City of Tyler Code of Ordinances. \u201cAlthough the City has not reached the consumption parameters outlined in the plan to warrant Step &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=130757\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Implements Voluntary Step One Modified Drought Measures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 20:03:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130757"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132209,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130757\/revisions\/132209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}