MATOACA – The Appomattox River Water Authority said Friday the water level at Lake Chesdin has fallen to a level that requires the immediate imposition of emergency restrictions on water use.
"The water level in the reservoir has reached 125 days of storage which is the trigger level for Phase III emergency water restrictions on users of the ARWA water supply," the Matoaca-based agency said in an alert sent out Friday afternoon.
The restrictions apply to residents of the localities that receive their water supply from ARWA. The water authority supplies half of Chesterfield County’s water, all of Colonial Heights and Petersburg, and portions of Dinwiddie County and Prince George County. Hopewell, which receives its water from Virginia American Water Co., is not affected.
While it will be up to each locality to decide what specific restrictions it will adopt, the authority has recommended a ban on all non-essential usage including business and residential lawn watering (including golf courses) and vehicle washing (including commercial car washes). Residents would be told not to fill swimming pools and to turn off ornamental fountains, among other measures.
Several localities, including Colonial Heights and Dinwiddie, plan to advertise the details of their proposed restrictions over the weekend.
The new, tighter restrictions will go into effect in most localities on Monday. however, the existing mandatory restrictions will continue to be enforced in the meantime. Violations are punishable by fines of $100 and up, which will be added to violators’ water bills.
For more details, see Saturday’s edition of The Progress-Index.
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