Courtesy Picture / Edwards Aquifer Authority
Underground springs feed into the Edwards Aquifer, the realm’s main supply of consuming water.
The Edwards Aquifer Authority entered Stage 4 drought restrictions Monday because of low spring flows in San Marcos.
Even so, Alamo Metropolis residents involved about their lawns needn’t panic about new watering restrictions from San Antonio Water System simply but.
The Edwards Aquifer Authority enters Stage 4 restrictions — that means that pumping from the underground lake should be diminished by 40% — when the J-17 effectively monitor drops under 630 toes for a rolling common of 10 days. As of press time, the effectively was at 628 toes.
SAWS additionally might enter its personal Stage 4 water restrictions if the effectively stays under the 630-foot threshold for a rolling common of 10 days, utility spokeswoman Anne Hayden instructed the Present. Even so, Hayden mentioned that simply because the Edwards Aquifer Authority enters Stage 4 restrictions, that does not essentially imply that SAWS should do the identical.
Based on Hayden, SAWS will solely enter Stage 4 restrictions if the utility is vulnerable to not assembly town’s water wants.
For now, SAWS stays in Stage 3 and is prone to keep there except extra drastic conservation measures are wanted. With a potential hurricane on the best way, getting into Stage 4 stays considerably unlikely.
Beneath revised watering restrictions handed by Metropolis Council final month, residents can solely water as soon as every week on their designated day between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m., and from 9 p.m. to midnight beneath stage 3 restrictions.
Those that use greater than 20,000 gallons of water per billing cycle might be charged an additional $10.37 per 1,000 gallons used above that threshold beneath the brand new guidelines. This coverage, geared toward encouraging water conservation, goes into impact on July 6 and can seem on SAWS prospects’ August invoice.
If SAWS does enter Stage 4 restrictions, residents would solely be allowed to water their lawns as soon as per week on designated days and could be fined for utilizing greater than 12,000 gallons per billing cycle.
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