Q: How did you choose when this would be completed?
๐: ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ.
Q: Why would the City not have more say in something like this?
๐: ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Q: How often will this need to be done?
๐: ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ 10 – 12 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด.
Q: Why have do we have water restriction this time when we haven’t in the past?
๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด 2 – 3 ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด 12 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.
Q: How long with this take?
๐: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, 2 ๐ต๐ฐ 3 ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด.
Q: What will happen if we are caught watering using a sprinkler, underground watering system or any other extended period watering device?
๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ $150 ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ (๐ – ๐ | 8:00๐ข – 5:00๐ฑ).
Q: Why were residents not notified sooner regarding the restrictions?
A: This is not something that we schedule. At least not in the normal sense of scheduling. All we know is a general time frame. We tried to push them back until September but we were just notified late lastย Friday that they were ahead of schedule and would be starting on August 21st. At that time we needed to make decisions on the process and get the notice ready & sent to residents.ย At the most, notice could have went out a few days earlier but the other concern was residents panicking and over watering.ย To maintain, our water levels need to be around 300,000 gallons.ย Since releasing the announcement the water usage has increased to 706,000 gallons, over double where we should safely be.ย That was in two days.ย Had there been two more days to water, we could have reached dangerous levels.ย We know this is not an ideal time of year and was definitely not our first choice but to stay in compliance, it had to be completed while this company is in our area or we are at their disposal when they make it back our way.
Q: What if people did not receive their announcement and do not have Facebook or internet access?ย Some residents are not able to pay the fine.
A:ย First off, our main goal here is not to pass on a fine to our residents.ย At this point, we are not restricting any indoor water usage and residents are still allowed to water flowerbeds and small gardens as long as it is not for an extended period of time.ย If we see this being abused, however, this could be restricted as well.ย As of Monday, we will have the notices at Food Mesto, Farmers and Merchants Bank, First State Bank and the Wilber Post Office.ย We will also be posting this in the paper the week of August 21st.ย Prior to Monday, residents were mailed the notices and they were also posted on our website and Facebook page.ย The residents will also receive a warning before any fines are imposed.