CITY OF RAWLINS NOTICE:
The City of Rawlins is asking our community to conserve water now. After our earlier announcements and the last water bill, we did use less water. However, over the last few days water usage has gone back up. If we do not use our water wisely now, we may need to have water restrictions to make it though the summer safely. We need to have enough water in storage at any time to provide safe water for household uses such as drinking and bathing, as well as fire suppression.
Some reminders of ways to use water wisely:
- Water your lawn in the evening or in the early morning to avoid evaporation. Do not water between 10am and 6pm. Be careful to water only the lawn and not the sidewalk or street.
- Do not water on Sundays. With our reduced staff on the weekends, the clean water amount stored in the tanks drops over the weekend and it is difficult to meet demand.
- Check household faucets for leaks. 15 drips per minute add up to almost 3 gallons of water wasted daily.
- Use a broom to sweep your driveway, garage, or sidewalk. Use a bucket of water to wash your bike or the family car and rinse quickly with a hose.
- Deep and less frequent watering leads to stronger turf that is more resilient. Do not use more water than your grass needs.
Here are some links to earlier information about the issues that are causing this situation.
- June 24: https://www.rawlinswy.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1215
- Bigfoot99 News Story on June 25: https://bigfoot99.com/.../rawlins-officials-asking-for.../
- June 3: https://www.rawlinswy.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1205&ARC=2160
If you are having trouble with the links please see attached file.
For more information, please contact Mira Miller, City of Rawlins Community Relations Coordinator, at 307-328-4500 ext. 1022.
