Posted on Nov 25, 2023
Seattle got dark and rainy again. Do we still need to conserve water?
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For two months, Seattle officials have been asking the public to curtail its water use, even as autumn storms have been refilling the city’s reservoirs in the Washington Cascades.
Seattle Public Utilities officials said they expect to keep asking for their customers’ help conserving water through late November, the Seattle area’s rainiest month.
Why do the calls for conservation continue despite the return of the rains?
Seattle Public Utilities officials said they expect to keep asking for their customers’ help conserving water through late November, the Seattle area’s rainiest month.
Why do the calls for conservation continue despite the return of the rains?
Seattle got dark and rainy again. Do we still need to conserve water?
Posted from kuow.org
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."With chlorinated water sitting in its pipes longer, the Tacoma utility may need to take steps to preserve quality and taste. It plans to charge remaining customers 9% more, starting in January, if the Tacoma City Council approves its proposed rate hike.
“Just because we've lost this customer doesn't mean that any of our costs have changed, right? We still have the same facilities in the ground. We still have the same personnel,” George said.
Seattle doesn’t have a single dominant customer the way Tacoma used to.
But Seattle water officials say they’ve asked all their customers to cut back on water use, from individual households to the biggest guzzlers, like the University of Washington and the Port of Seattle.
At KUOW’s request, Seattle Public Utilities identified the city’s top 10 water users, each of which used at least as much water over the past year as 1,600 Seattle households. Atop the list, the University of Washington consumed as much as 12,000 households."...
..."With chlorinated water sitting in its pipes longer, the Tacoma utility may need to take steps to preserve quality and taste. It plans to charge remaining customers 9% more, starting in January, if the Tacoma City Council approves its proposed rate hike.
“Just because we've lost this customer doesn't mean that any of our costs have changed, right? We still have the same facilities in the ground. We still have the same personnel,” George said.
Seattle doesn’t have a single dominant customer the way Tacoma used to.
But Seattle water officials say they’ve asked all their customers to cut back on water use, from individual households to the biggest guzzlers, like the University of Washington and the Port of Seattle.
At KUOW’s request, Seattle Public Utilities identified the city’s top 10 water users, each of which used at least as much water over the past year as 1,600 Seattle households. Atop the list, the University of Washington consumed as much as 12,000 households."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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