Mandatory water use restrictions issued for multiple Iowa counties - KETV Omaha

Mandatory water use restrictions issued for multiple Iowa counties

IT’S GOING TO BE A HOLIDAY WEEKEND OUT OF WATER FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA WITH RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I’M BILL SHARMAN. A BOIL ORDER IS ALSO IN EFFECT. IT’S FOR PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR WATER FROM THE REGIONAL WATER. RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION. THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES ARE LISTED THERE IN THE SCREEN. ARROWHEAD PARK AND CAMPGROUND IS ALSO INCLUDED. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SAY THE TREATMENT PLANT IN AVOCA IS HAVING WATER PRESSURE ISSUES. IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, YOU’LL HAVE TO WATER YOUR LAWN EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT. SAME GOES FOR YOUR GARDEN AND YOU CAN ONLY WATER IT ONCE A WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN AN INCH OF WATER AT THE TIME. POOLS AND CAR WASHES ARE OFF LIMITS EXCEPT FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TO CLEAN THEIR VEHICLES AS KETV, NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S JOSH KRISTIANTO REPORTS. IT’S A DRY START FOR THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER, SO SIGNS EVERYWHERE AT THE ENTRANCE. YOU NEED TO BOIL THE WATER BEFORE YOU DRINK IT ON THE BATHROOM DOORS AND FACE TO FACE. LITTLE EXTRA WORK THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE’RE OUT AND ABOUT ANYWAY VISITING WITH THE CAMPERS. SO IT’S JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO TALK TO THEM. MANDATORY WATER USE RESTRICTIONS FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, INCLUDING A BOIL WATER ORDER LEAVING ARROWHEAD PARK’S ONLY WATER FOUNTAIN SHUT OFF AND DRY. WE’RE KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT FOR THE FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, IF THEY COULD BRING BOTTLED WATER WITH THEM. THIS CASEY’S GENERAL STORE OUTSIDE MINDEN, IOWA, SHUT DOWN ITS KITCHEN, COFFEE MACHINES AND RESTROOMS BECAUSE OF THE BOIL WATER ORDER STAFF PULLING OUT PORTA POTTIES FOR CUSTOMERS. IN THE MEANTIME, SAYING THIS COULD LAST AT LEAST A WEEK. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY LACK OF RAIN AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE HITTING THE SHALLOW WELL WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. HARD AND VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION ISN’T DOING ENOUGH MOST OF THE TIME. EVERYBODY, WHEN THEY DO CAMP, THEY BRING THEIR COOLER WITH BOTTLED WATER AND POP AND AND THE NECESSITIES THAT THEY WANT TO DRINK. SO WHILE THE BOIL WATER ORDER REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, STAFF HERE DON’T EXPECT IT TO DISSUADE THE CROWDS FROM COMING THIS WEEKEND. ALL 58 RV HOOKUPS ARE ALREADY FULL. YOU CAN USE THE WATER TO SHOWER IN OUR SHOWER HOUSES AND OUR CABINS. THEY’RE JUST SAYING NOT NOT TO DRINK THE WATER. EVEN WITH THESE HICCUPS, SUMMER CAN NEVER BE STOPPED. REPORT

Mandatory water use restrictions issued for multiple Iowa counties

Updated: 10:29 PM CDT May 26, 2023

Mandatory water use restrictions have been issued for parts of northern Pottawattamie County.The restrictions are in response to "continued system pressure issues" that started Thursday.Officials said rural members and customers of the Regional Water Association in these locations are affected:AudubonCassHarrisonNorthern Pottawattamie ShelbyThis includes the communities of Avoca, Portsmouth, Westphalia, Kirkman, Tenant, Exira, Persia, Brayton and the Arrowhead Park and Campground.Officials released this list of mandatory reduction measures to be followed by all municipal, residential, agricultural and commercial customers in the areas listed above:No outdoor watering or irrigation of any kind between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. No watering or irrigation of lawns whatsoever. Watering of flowers, vegetable gardens, trees or shrubs less than four years old, and new seedlings and sod is permitted once per week, with an application not to exceed one inch and only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.No car washing is allowed, except at commercial establishments that provide that service as their only means of income. In these cases, hours of use will be restricted to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.No water shall be used to fill private swimming pools, children’s wading pools or similar articles.No water shall be used to clean streets, driveways, sidewalks, etc. Large-volume water users, including industries, motels, hotels, eating establishments and livestock confinements may be requested to scale back services and/or production. Schools are strongly urged to cancel their physical education activities and inter-scholastic competitions that require showers or attract crowds and take other actions to reduce water consumption. Click here for more information on the mandatory water restrictions.At Arrowhead Park, there are signs posted in places like the entrance and bathroom doors, warning people about the boil water order. "You need to boil your water before you drink it," said David Fischer, the ranger at Arrowhead Park. "A little extra work this weekend, but we're out and about anyways visiting with the campers, so it's just a little more time to talk to them."Mandatory water use restrictions for parts of northern Pottawattamie County, including that boil water order, is leaving Arrowhead Park's only water fountain shut off and dry. "We're kind of letting people know if they want to come out for the Memorial Day weekend if they can bring bottled water with them," said Fischer. A Casey's General Store outside Minden, IA, shut down its kitchen, coffee machines and restrooms because of the boil water order. Staff pulled out porta potties for customers in the meantime, saying this could last a week at least. County officials say lack of rain and persistent drought conditions are hitting the shallow well water production systems hard. Voluntary conservation is not doing enough. "Most of the time everybody, when they do camp, they bring their cooler with bottled water and pop and the necessities that they want to drink," said Fischer. While the boil water order remains in effect until further notice, staff here do not expect it to dissuade the crowds from coming this weekend. All 58 RV electrical hookups are already full.

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, Iowa —

Mandatory water use restrictions have been issued for parts of northern Pottawattamie County.

The restrictions are in response to "continued system pressure issues" that started Thursday.

Officials said rural members and customers of the Regional Water Association in these locations are affected:

- Audubon
- Cass
- Harrison
- Northern Pottawattamie
- Shelby

This includes the communities of Avoca, Portsmouth, Westphalia, Kirkman, Tenant, Exira, Persia, Brayton and the Arrowhead Park and Campground.

Officials released this list of mandatory reduction measures to be followed by all municipal, residential, agricultural and commercial customers in the areas listed above:

- No outdoor watering or irrigation of any kind between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. No watering or irrigation of lawns whatsoever. Watering of flowers, vegetable gardens, trees or shrubs less than four years old, and new seedlings and sod is permitted once per week, with an application not to exceed one inch and only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
- No car washing is allowed, except at commercial establishments that provide that service as their only means of income. In these cases, hours of use will be restricted to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- No water shall be used to fill private swimming pools, children’s wading pools or similar articles.
- No water shall be used to clean streets, driveways, sidewalks, etc.
- Large-volume water users, including industries, motels, hotels, eating establishments and livestock confinements may be requested to scale back services and/or production.
- Schools are strongly urged to cancel their physical education activities and inter-scholastic competitions that require showers or attract crowds and take other actions to reduce water consumption.

Click here for more information on the mandatory water restrictions.

At Arrowhead Park, there are signs posted in places like the entrance and bathroom doors, warning people about the boil water order.

"You need to boil your water before you drink it," said David Fischer, the ranger at Arrowhead Park. "A little extra work this weekend, but we're out and about anyways visiting with the campers, so it's just a little more time to talk to them."

Mandatory water use restrictions for parts of northern Pottawattamie County, including that boil water order, is leaving Arrowhead Park's only water fountain shut off and dry.

"We're kind of letting people know if they want to come out for the Memorial Day weekend if they can bring bottled water with them," said Fischer.

A Casey's General Store outside Minden, IA, shut down its kitchen, coffee machines and restrooms because of the boil water order. Staff pulled out porta potties for customers in the meantime, saying this could last a week at least.

County officials say lack of rain and persistent drought conditions are hitting the shallow well water production systems hard. Voluntary conservation is not doing enough.

"Most of the time everybody, when they do camp, they bring their cooler with bottled water and pop and the necessities that they want to drink," said Fischer.

While the boil water order remains in effect until further notice, staff here do not expect it to dissuade the crowds from coming this weekend. All 58 RV electrical hookups are already full.