Starting Aug. 28 City of Nocona water customers will go into stage two water restrictions for mild water shortage conditions.
Back on July 26 Lake Nocona reached 824 msl which started a 30-day clock before stage two was launched. Although the timetable ends Sunday, compliance and enforcement begins Monday.
As of Friday the lake level was 823.13 msl or 74.3% full. It is full at 827.5 msl. One year ago the level was 824.43 msl.
Lake Amon Carter is at 88.1% full at 918.37 msl. It is full at 920 msl. One year ago it was at 919.02 msl.
The trigger for stage three kicks in if the lake drops below 822 msl for 15 days.
As per the City of Nocona’s drought contingency plan, the goal of stage two is to achieve a 15% reduction in daily water demand and mitigate the reduction of water capacity at Lake Nocona.
All landscape watering is restricted to alternating days based on the home address. Water customers are required to limit the irrigation of landscape areas. Those with an even-numbered address water on even-numbered days, odd-numbered addresses on odd-numbered days.
The use for washing sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, streets, tennis courts, patios, or other paved areas, except to alleviate immediate health or fire hazards, is strongly discouraged.
No outdoor watering between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. The only exceptions are handheld water hoses or bucket watering.