By MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Monday, May 27, 1991
The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A05
Borough officials urged residents not to sprinkle lawns or wash cars following a virtual water-use binge that brought reserves to dangerously low levels.
Although water levels had climbed to nearly 75 percent capacity by 6 p.m. Sunday, the advisory will remain in effect until further notice, said N. David Fagerland, public works director. On Saturday, reserves were about 30 percent of capacity.
Apparently, a significant number of the borough’s 4,025 water customers were watering lawns and washing cars Saturday, depleting the borough’s five tanks.
“Basically, the wells could not keep up with the demand,” Fagerland said. “The people were using the water before it gets to the tanks, before the tanks got filled.”
Public works officials and police, responding to complaints of low-water pressure from residents, went around neighborhoods with loudspeakers and bullhorns Saturday and Sunday, warning residents to resist the urge to water their lawns.
Keywords: OAKLAND; WATER; SUPPLY
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