Stage 5 Drought Contingency Implementation Notice Reminder for Prairie Grove Utilities
June 16, 2023Boil Water Notice Issued (June 17, 2023)
June 17, 2023Prairie Grove June Update #1
Update Saturday 12pm:
Since our last post, we’ve been carefully monitoring the tank levels, and unfortunately, they’re sticking very close to the worst case forecast that we provided yesterday afternoon.
If current demand levels continue, the tanks will be below 7 ft at 11pm tonight. (Tanks are full at 17 ft, and are at 11 ft at the time of this message)
Safety’s built into the tank fill controls shut the system down once it gets too low.
Unless something drastic changes between now and then, our plan is to shut the system down at 9pm to allow it to recover overnight and have it back on at 7 am tomorrow morning for showers and the like. We will likely need to either shut it down again midday Sunday or overnight between Sunday and Monday, but we will make that determination after we see the demand Sunday morning.
The more we can conserve today, the better off we’re going to be. If any of your friends or neighbors are not on social media seeing these messages, please let them know whats going on, and everyone please, please discontinue any outdoor water use.
We’ll post an update this evening or as needed.
As always, we appreciate your understanding, patience, and help with these conservation measures.