Drought Stage 2
8/1/2024
Hello, Benton! Monday, August 5th: Our water supplier is the City of Wichita, and they will be entering into Stage 2 Drought Response on Monday. As part of our water contract with Wichita, we will also be entering our Stage 2, called "Water Warning" on August 5th. The goal of a Water Warning Stage 2 is to reduce peak demands by 20% and overall weekly consumption by 10%. We can do this! This is what the City of Benton will be asking of our residents: 1. If you are watering your lawn with City water, please water with odd numbered addresses on odd days and even number addresses on even days. This excludes wells. 2. Outdoor water use, including watering and car washing - please restrict this to before 10am and after 9pm. 3. Please refill swimming pools only one day per week. 4. If you are watering shrubs or flowers, please use a bucket or a hose instead of a sprinkler.
Another good tip to help us reach our goal: If you have a sprinkler system set for 60 minutes, change it to 48 minutes and we are meeting our goal and then some.
Thank you for your help. We all have to work together while our water supplier is working through drought conditions.