712 Digital Group - top

BOIL ORDER LIFTED for Regional Water customers

News

June 2nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Avoca, Iowa) – Officials with Regional Water in Avoca has announced that effective immediately (June 2, 2023), the Boil Advisory which went into effect on May 25th is no longer in effect. However, the mandatory water usage restrictions remain in effect for the users of the Avoca Treatment Plant’s Distribution System. These restrictions, officials say, will help prevent the system pressure issues which occurred on May 25th due to the drought, and the reduced availability of water in the Avoca Wellfield. The affected area includes members and customers of the Association in Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Harrison, and Northern Pottawattamie Counties. Included are the communities of Avoca, Portsmouth, Westphalia, Kirkman, Tennant, Panama, Earling, Exira, Persia, and Brayton.
Municipal, residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial users will be required to continue the following mandatory reduction measures:
A. No watering or irrigation of lawns whatsoever. Watering of flowers, vegetable gardens, trees or shrubs less than four years old, and new seedlings and sod is permitted once per week, with an application not to exceed one inch and only between the hours of 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM.
B. No car washing, except at commercial establishments that provide that service as their only means of income. In these cases, hours of use will be restricted to 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
C. No water shall be used to fill private swimming pools, children’s wading pools, or similar articles.
D. No water shall be used to clean streets, driveways, sidewalks, etc.
E. Large volume water users, including industries, motels, hotels, eating establishments, and livestock confinements are requested to scale back services and/or production.
F. Schools are strongly urged to cancel their physical education activities and inter-scholastic competitions that require showers or attract crowds and take other actions to reduce water consumption.
Regional Water continues to work with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to resolve the situation. The best thing that the communities and residents can do, officials said, is to conserve water at this time. For more information, please contact the Regional Water Office at 712-343-2413.