The Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board has issued a water shortage warning and is now urging residents across North Florida to voluntarily reduce water use.
The water shortage warning applies to all water users from western Jefferson county to Escambia county.
The US Drought monitor indicates extreme drought conditions in counties east of the Apalachicola River and exceptional drought conditions west of the river.
Nine months of below normal rainfall have resulted in low surface water levels throughout the District with a number of monitored sites at or near record daily low flows.
Ground water levels also continue to decline as moderate to extreme drought conditions continue across northwest Florida.
Some cities in the area have already issued mandatory conservation measures, but residents in other areas are asked to also conserve water where they can.
Residents and businesses are urged to limit landscape irrigation to no more than two days per week; and water only during the low evaporation hours of 5 p.m. to 10 a.m.
Any Water based recreation should be reduced if it requires pumping, diverting or otherwise using natural water supply for recreation—such as filling duck ponds and Aesthetic uses of water that are primarily decorative (such as fountains), should be voluntarily discontinued.
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