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Kentucky city asks residents to keep water use to ‘absolute minimum’

WKYT · last updated

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — A Kentucky city is asking its residents to curb water use due to flooding in the area.

The city of Nicholasville said on Facebook around 6 p.m. Saturday that they are shutting down the Nicholasville Water Treatment Plant to protect electrical equipment.

“We ask all Nicholasville Water customers to immediately reduce water usage to the absolute minimum,” the post read. “To help preserve water supplies, please refrain from non-essential water activities such as washing clothes, taking long showers, and any outdoor water use.

The city says the cause is flooding along the Kentucky River.

A timetable for when the notice will be lifted has not been announced.

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