Great news! Avista crews worked overnight, and power was restored around 5:00 AM this morning. The reservoir had dropped from around 13 feet, when the power was lost, to around 7 feet when the power came back on.
Thank you, everyone, for conserving water use and keeping the system distribution infrastructure pressurized.
The District expects that there will be a draw down of water as people get ready for school and work, but should see the beginning of recovery after this morning's spike in water use.
As the raw water pumps were also down, the District will be manually managing the balance of flow between the sand filters and clear well, with the pumping to the Distribution infrastructure, today to facilitate recovery.
At this time, KCWD#1 is asking Patrons to use water wisely for the rest of the day to help minimize the time for full system recovery.
