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June 23, 2009 - The Southwest Florida Water Management District's Governing Board voted to continue the Modified Phase IV (or Critical) Water Shortage restrictions for potable water use in the Tampa Bay Water service area until July 31, 2009. "While the region is out of the immediate crisis, we are still contending with the effects of the long-term drought," said David Moore, District executive director. "The May rainfall helped but the summer rainy season hasn't begun. We're going to monitor conditions closely over the next month before easing any of the restrictions." The Tampa Bay Water's six member governments include Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties as well as the cities of Tampa, New Port Richey and St. Petersburg. Cities and private utilities that receive water from one of the six member governments must also follow the restrictions. The cities include, Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Kenneth City, Largo, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, St. Pete Beach, Seminole, Treasure Island, Clearwater, Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Port Richey, Safety Harbor, South Pasadena and Tarpon Springs. Residents who receive water from Pebble Creek Utilities and Aloha Utilities in Pasco County must also follow the Phase IV restrictions. Belleair and Zephyrhills are voluntarily following the Phase IV restrictions. Under the revised Phase IV order, lawn watering remains limited to the same once-per-week schedule from midnight to 4 a.m. for properties less than one acre. Residents in the three-county area using other sources of water, such as private well water or water from other utilities, remain under Modified Phase III restrictions declared in October 2008. Tampa Bay Region (Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties) Critical Alert: Customers of several water utilities in the tri-county Tampa Bay area will remain under the District's Modified Phase IV (or Critical) Water Shortage restrictions. While the region did receive above normal rainfall in May and aquifer levels are in the low normal range, lakes are still averaging about 2.48 feet below the lowest normal readings. Although river flows rebounded into the normal range in response to the May rain, these flows have been declining in recent weeks. Tampa Bay Water only recently started refilling its 15-billion-gallon reservoir. Tampa Bay Water and Aloha Utilities needed to heavily pump wellfields to meet demand this spring, causing them to exceed pumping limits that are intended to provide environmental protection. (information provided by the Southwest Florida Water Management District) Restrictions information for locations inside Tampa city limits is available at TampaGov.net/WaterRestrictions. City of Tampa Water Department customers located outside the Tampa city limits should contact their county or city government for information about water restrictions at their location. For customers residing within Tampa's reclaimed water service area now is the perfect time to get connected. Using reclaimed water helps conserve our drinking water supply and it does not have the same restrictions for irrigation. For more information about Tampa's reclaimed water, visit TampaGov.net/ReclaimedWater or call (813) 282-7827. Be notified automatically about restrictions changes, upcoming workshops, conservation events and other Water Department information by subscribing to the Tampa Water Department's Customer Newsletter, The Pipeline, at TampaGov.net/Water or the Water Department Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feed available at TampaGov.net/appl_rss_feeds/ |
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