A press release from the City of Crystal Lake:
To ensure adequate water supply, the City of Crystal Lake has adjusted its Water System Status to Yellow Condition.
The City of Crystal Lake has adjusted its Water System Status to Yellow Condition.
No opening of hydrants either, I’ll bet.
Under the Yellow Condition sprinkler/irrigation lawn and landscape watering as well as car washing is permitted on odd/even days between the hours of 5-8 a.m. and 6-9 p.m.
Property addresses ending in odd numbers shall be permitted to use water on odd numbered calendar days and even numbered addresses on even numbered days. Exempt from this requirement is sprinkler containers less than 2 gallons in size.
The Yellow Condition will be in effect until further notice.
Residents are encouraged not to water their lawns during this prolonged dry weather.
Visit the City’s website at www.crystallake.org for any new information on the status of the water system.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating this water conservation ordinance 322 is subject to a fine not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars or more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each offense plus the City’s cost of prosecution, including but not limited to attorney fees. Each day that violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
Money, money, money!!
Anyone caught watering their lawn now and that has a nice green lawn should be fined to the maximum.
Better yet cut down the flow of water to their house.
This is not about money to the villages it is about human safety.
Check out the people that have the green lawn by me. They water on the “wrong” days IN the heat of the day with sprinklers! But then again, I don’t think they speak English.
How are we supposed to know when the city implements these restrictions?
I am not complaining that they do, I get it.
I leave for work at 4:00 in the morning and I don’t look for the little signs and their pretty little colors, especially in the dark.
I also don’t check the city web site frequently, limiting my frustration and helping my blood pressure per my doctor. I don’t expect the city to send mailed notices to residences.
But should the city not use some kind of email blast/mass telephone call to notify residents of these restrictions or when other things happen? The schools utilize such a system when weather issues prevent them from opening.
Common sense, Paul.
It’s very hot and very dry.
You could probably guess what the restrictions are by using your common sense.
I really don’t want the city emailing or telephoning me!