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The tank services 1,050 of the city's 1,700 homes, mostly located along the east bench, he said.
The rest of the city is serviced by storage ponds. Only the tank has suffered water shortages, but
the mandatory watering restrictions are effective citywide.
The restrictions allow residents to water only on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and
only between midnight and 10 a.m., and 6 p.m. to midnight.
"What we are asking residents to do is only water on certain days of the week so we have a full
24-hour time period to regenerate water into the tanks," Hildebrandt said.
Why did residents not respond to the call for voluntary restrictionsfi
"We are a new community and a lot of new homes are being landscaped and we got caught in a
real heat," he said.
Another problem is that residents pay a flat monthly fee, which varies by lot size, for their
pressurized irrigation. Usage is not metered, and there is no per-thousand-gallon charge, as there
is in Spanish Fork and other cities.
Residents also need to be educated about the importance of water conservation, Hildebrandt
said.
The city expects water usage to slack in mid- to late August, he said. At that point, the city will
get new pumps or resize existing pumps.
"We are absolutely going to see what we need to do to make sure this never happens again," he
said.
Because revamping the system will require the city to shut off the water for days or weeks,
nothing can be done now, he said.
"It is just a small window that we have to see this through," he said of the shortages.
The restrictions go into effect on Friday, he said. That same day, the city's zoning director will
begin handing out warnings and citations for noncompliant residents.
There is no shortage of drinking water and no restrictions on the use of drinking water, he said.
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