{"id":104254,"date":"2015-09-03T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=104254"},"modified":"2015-09-08T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:12:13","slug":"uconn-issues-water-supply-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/09\/uconn-issues-water-supply-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Issues Water Supply Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because seasonally dry conditions have reduced area stream flows, the University has issued a Water Supply Watch that includes mandatory as well as voluntary water conservation measures. University officials are requesting cooperation in conserving water until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>A water conservation alert was issued in late July and a water supply advisory was issued in late August, asking all water system users to voluntarily conserve water. They resulted from triggers in the University&#8217;s protocols to reduce consumption during dry weather conditions, based on environmental factors.<\/p>\n<p>UConn\u2019s water supply remains adequate to meet current and forecasted system demands, as well as any emergency needs such as firefighting.<\/p>\n<p>As stated in the University\u2019s Water Supply Plan, UConn is committed to operating an environmentally sustainable water supply system. Given current stream-flow conditions and rainfall forecast, officials are asking students, faculty, staff, and off-campus municipal, commercial, and residential users to be conscientious about their daily water use, and to conserve water.<\/p>\n<p>The following mandatory conservation measures are effective immediately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lawn watering for all University and non-University users is limited to four hours or less per day and only between the hours of 5-9 a.m. and 7-9 p.m. Athletic fields will be allowed up to two hours of water per day during the same hours;<\/li>\n<li>Filling of public or private pools must be provided via water delivered from another source;<\/li>\n<li>Washing of motor vehicles is banned. The University&#8217;s wash bay will be closed until further notice;<\/li>\n<li>The use of ornamental or display fountains is banned;<\/li>\n<li>The use of water for washing and wetting down streets, sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas is banned, unless required by the local public health authority;<\/li>\n<li>The use of UConn water for dust control at construction sites is banned;<\/li>\n<li>Contractors are required to provide water for dust control from off site;<\/li>\n<li>The use of hydrant sprinkler caps is banned;<\/li>\n<li>Water main flushing will only be used to address water quality issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following voluntary conservation measures remain in effect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take shorter showers;<\/li>\n<li>Run dishwashers and washing machines with full loads;<\/li>\n<li>Shut off water while washing dishes, shaving, brushing teeth, and lathering up to wash hands, rather than running the water continuously;<\/li>\n<li>Avoid power-washing buildings and washing vehicles with public water;<\/li>\n<li>Raise the thermostat in UConn buildings, particularly when leaving at night;<\/li>\n<li>Immediately report leaky fixtures in UConn buildings to Facilities Operations at 860-486-3113.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University is actively monitoring conditions, and will continue to provide updates as conditions change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of continuing dry conditions, the University has introduced mandatory as well as voluntary water conservation measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":62531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-104254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-24 03:03:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104254"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104259,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104254\/revisions\/104259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/62531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104254"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=104254"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=104254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}