{"id":19161,"date":"2010-08-13T12:56:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=19161"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:35:42","slug":"uconn-implements-phase-ii-drought-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/08\/uconn-implements-phase-ii-drought-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Implements Phase II Drought Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University officials today issued a Stage II drought watch for the  Storrs campus, which brings with it a number of water restrictions for  users on and around the campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLow stream flows in our local  rivers have necessitated that the UConn water system advance to the next  stage of drought response,\u201d says Gene Roberts, director of facility  operations. \u201cThe Stage II drought watch includes mandatory water  conservation measures, and we also recommend several ways in which water  users can continue to voluntarily conserve water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The  University issued a Stage I drought advisory in early July, which seeks  voluntary conservation of water. Recent dry weather has forced officials  to mandate conservation. The mandate includes:<\/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 a.m. and 9 a.m., and 7 p.m.  to 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 only by delivery from a non-UConn source;<\/li>\n<li>Car washing is prohibited. The University\u2019s wash bay will be closed until further notice;<\/li>\n<li>The use of ornamental or display fountains is prohibited;<\/li>\n<li>The use of water for washing or wetting down streets, roadways,  driveways, or parking areas is banned unless required by a local public  health authority;<\/li>\n<li>The use of UConn water for dust control at  construction sites in banned. Contractors must 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>Additionally,  students, faculty, and staff are asked to take shorter showers; run  dishwashing machines only with full loads; use water only as needed when  washing dishes, brushing teeth, or shaving; and to raise the thermostat  in UConn buildings, especially when leaving at night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy  reducing consumption during these dry weather conditions, faculty,  staff, students, and members of the community can help us reduce  groundwater withdrawals and protect local streams and the aquatic life  they support,\u201d says Richard Miller, director of the University\u2019s Office  of Environmental Policy.<\/p>\n<p>UConn officials have contacted Mansfield  officials, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the  Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent dry weather has forced University officials to implement mandatory water conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[37],"class_list":["post-19161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 19:32:22","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\/19161","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19161"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19169,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19161\/revisions\/19169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19161"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=19161"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}