STAGE 1 DROUGHT WATCH ACTIVATED FOR LAKE SOMERVILLE
BRENHAM RESIDENTS ASKED TO REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION
Lake Somerville has been placed under a Stage 1 Drought Watch.
The Brazos River Authority (BRA) said in a letter Monday to the City of Brenham that due to drier-than-normal conditions in the Lake Somerville area, a Stage 1 Drought Watch condition has been activated. This entails a voluntary five percent reduction of the water use that would have occurred in the absence of any drought contingency measures.
In a press release today (Thursday), the city said it is asking water customers to reduce their consumption as much as possible. City Manager Carolyn Miller said, “We want to do our part in this, as a community and within our homes, to decrease water usage to support this effort.”
Per the city’s Stage 1 drought contingency plan, water customers are requested to voluntarily limit the irrigation of landscaped areas to certain days and times.
Residents whose street addresses end in an even number are asked to limit their irrigation to Sundays and Thursdays between midnight and 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight. Customers who have addresses ending in an odd number are asked to only irrigate on Saturdays and Wednesdays from midnight to 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight.
As of this morning, lake levels measured at 237.09 feet. The lake is considered full at 238 feet.
Links offering water conservation tips can be seen below.
https://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/brochures/conservation/doc/WaterConservingTips.pdf
https://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/brochures/conservation/index.asp
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/response/drought/conservation.html