Transcript of Emergency Phone Call Monday, July 31, 2023, 5:00 PM
This message is
from the Kootenai County Water District No. 1 Board of Directors.
The second bay was cleaned
today, and unfortunately, we are seeing a very high consumption of water, including
Patrons who have ignored the restriction on landscape watering. The result is the system is at seriously low levels
in the contact chamber and reservoir, despite having potable water trucks delivering
to the contact chamber all day. We are now
at high risk of the reservoir dropping to critically low levels overnight,
without the ability to recover.
As requested before, we need
everyone’s cooperation to turn off all outside landscape watering immediately for
the next 24 hours at a minimum, along with conserving use of water to
essentials only.
If you received a door tag notifying
you of non-compliance from the District during this last call to turn off
landscape watering, please comply now with this urgent conservation request.
The District will also be
monitoring the District areas during the next 24 hours to enforce the
conservation in order to avoid a serious loss of pressure in the distribution
system that could lead to possible contamination and a boil order for all
Patrons.
As not all Patrons may be
reached by this emergency call, please let your neighbors know what is
happening when you see them.
Please
check the KCWD#1 blog at www.kcwd1.blogspot.com for further, and updated,
information.
Thank you.
