Snoqualmie begins water conservation campaign
Published 5:31 pm Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Governor Jay Inslee has declared a statewide drought emergency due to a widespread lack of snowfall last winter. Water flow in the Snoqualmie River has dropped drastically, down more than 60 percent from its usual flow. At the same time, water use by customers is nearly 6 percent more than this time last year.
To reduce potential hardships from water shortages this summer and beyond, conservation is critical. Snoqualmie’s Parks and Public Works Department asks citizens to support the city’s efforts for immediate water conservation actions:
- Limiting water usage in parks, planting beds, and roadside bio swales;
- Increasing production of reclaimed water’
- Working with Water Management Group to optimize irrigation
- Identifying conservation opportunities with local businesses and organizations.
Other actions are being considered to prevent a water emergency in Snoqualmie.
Residents can also help in the water conservation effort. Some suggestions include watering lawns in morning or evening to reduce water loss from evaporation, allowing some areas of landscaping to go brown, checking sprinkler systems for most efficient positioning and timing, planting native or drought-tolerant ground covers and shrubs and use a commercial car wash that recycles water to clean your vehicles
Inside the home, residents can also save water by turning off faucets while brushing teeth etc., washing only full loads in dishwashers and clothes washers, checking for leaky showerheads, faucets, and toilets, avoiding the garbage disposal and composing food waste instead, and installing low-flow showerheads, faucets, and toilets — free efficient showerheads are available through PSE while supplies last.
For more information about the Snoqualmie water conservation campaign, contact Parks and Public Works at (425) 831-4919.
