A water conservation alert that was issued to nearly 107,000 people in Westmoreland County is now a voluntary notice, according to the county's Municipal Authority.
Workers are still making repairs to pumps that were stopped after an electrical switchgear was damaged by a power surge at the Indian Creek Treatment Plant in Connellsville.
The MAWC said on its website Tuesday that water levels are still below normal and are asking that residents continue to conserve water unil repairs are completed.
“We want to thank the customers for conserving when they were asked, and their cooperation but we need to ask them to continue to conserve while the situation continues to improve,” said Michael F. Kukura, resident manager of the MAWC, on the authority's website.
The authority is asking that its customers refrain from using water to maintain "lawns and gardens, fill pools, wash cars, pressure wash, and other extraneous uses. Businesses are asked to reduce water usage to whatever is necessary to maintain operations."
“With the high temperatures approaching, we are asking customers to be cognizant that the water storage levels in our tanks are still not normal, so we are requesting they refrain from water use that isn’t necessary for drinking, cooking, hygiene or washing of clothes or dishes,” said Brian Hohman, business manager for MAWC.
While voluntary notice is in effect, the authority stresses that water is safe to drink.
More details are available at mawc.org.
First Published: May 16, 2017, 6:44 p.m.